any advice welcome
I've been doing a lot of research into different food franchises to open.  Recently, I saw someone ask about the best franchise and someone said to forget it and look into commercial real estate.  I have practically no knowledge of how it works, how to make money off of it, or where to begin.  Can someone point me in the general direction of where to begin looking and give me a general outline of what exactly it is and how it works.  Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
[{"id": "czjw330", "text": "A lot of fast food restaurants and corner pharmacy stores (like CVS or Walgreen's) don't own the land or the building they operate out of. They get a developer to buy the dirt and construct the building then they lease the building from the developer/owner (usually the developer sells quickly to someone else that wants the long-term cash flows). Typically these are very long-term leases (20+ years) and are also NNN (which means the tenant pays all the operating expenses like electricity, taxes, insurance, etc.). \n\nIt doesn't sound like you are a developer, so I guess you'd be looking to purchase a building like this, however, good luck with that. These type of real estate plays are pretty attractive to certain investors. There are companies out there that invest only in this kind of real estate (single-tenant; NNN). \n\nThis article looks to give some good info: http://www.ccim.com/cire-magazine/articles/323688/2014/11/net-leased-single-tenant-risks/?gmSsoPc=1", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "czkah6k", "text": "What sort of return and risk level do you want?  Re tends to be lower on both than a franchise.  With most franchises you kinda buy a job too.  With re it's much more passive", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "czkmn5b", "text": "Look at CBRE's website (they are the largest commercial real estate company in the world). It will give you a general idea of the different roles within the field. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]