If you were to start over again
If you were to start over again, what kind of cre would you sell and why? 
[{"id": "dgbzcj0", "text": "As an investor I wish I started value add deals a long time ago.. ", "replies": [{"id": "dgd3k3c", "text": "Can you expand on value added deals?", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "dgd6mt2", "text": "Yea, what kind of property counts as value add? Retail, office, medical property....", "replies": [{"id": "dgdkr2q", "text": "It's not the property type. It's about where your return is coming from. If your return is primarily from income and general market value appreciation, then it's more core. If your return is driven more by your properties value growing faster than the general market (primarily due to investment into the property) then it is more value add.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dgc77o1", "text": "I made a killing in residential but I wish I switched over to commercial 10 yrs earlier.  Specifically 'value add' anything !!\n\nCommercial financing is so much better to deal with.", "replies": [{"id": "dgd6o04", "text": "I'm completely new to real estate and I'm trying to decide between residential and commercial. Do you think starting out as a mortgage loan originator is a good start?", "replies": [{"id": "dgelo5t", "text": "Depends. If you're working for/with a larger, experienced originator, then I'd say yes. Spend the hours getting and maintaining client relations. If you don't like to constantly be selling or don't have or want to develop a deep rolodex of clients, then I'd suggest becoming a production analyst where you help originators size loans and figure out the right debt executions for the client. Working as an underwriting analyst or production analyst couldbhelo you get a better fundamental understanding of the Commercial Real Estate business.\n\nFull disclosure: I work in underwriting Multifamily debt.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dgco104", "text": "As an investor I wish I would have sold my smaller property and traded up to large multifamily earlier.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dhs1mmy", "text": "\nI would have bird dogged retail end caps, and then shopped the deals to VMU developers as a partner. And I would have learned to wholesale much more quickly. 1-3% of the deal is such a waste of time, IMO. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]