Hey everyone, my name is Alisha and I am totally new to REI, I've done a little bit of learning on how to wholesale single family homes and that turned me on to commercial and multifamily real estate. So now I'm here to learn as much as I can so I can get going.

You found a property. The numbers look interesting. The broker is hyping it. You're already mentally counting the cash flow. Slow down. Most investors don't lose money in commercial real estate because the market turned on them. They lose because they bought a property that never should have been bought. Three things separate a real deal from the one that's going to eat you alive for the next five years. ✅ It cash flows from day one. Not "if rents go up." Not "after the value-add." From day one. ✅ It's in a market where time is on your side — population growth, jobs moving in, demand pointing the right direction. ✅ It's a piece of dirt you'd be comfortable owning for a decade. Because you can renovate the building, but you can't pick it up and move it. Miss any one of those three and you don't have a deal. You have a problem with a closing date. I put together a guide that walks through the exact questions to ask before you chase another property — so you don't waste another month chasing something that was never going to work. 💬 Drop CHASE in the comments below and I'll send it over.