Though it is certainly more common, and in many cases easier, to find deals with the single family houses, there are times when the opportunity presents itself to acquire a commercial property. And if you are a person who desires to pursue this venture, there are a few things you want to keep in mind when doing this. Following these simple steps can help speed up the process of getting some of these big deals in the pick line.

First, FFN offers a Commercial Property Boot Camp. This is a must if you want to pursue this arena of the real estate business. This course will teach you all the ins and outs of going through these business transactions. See the website if you want to know when the next one will be offered.

Next, there is another valuable website that you should utilize called loopnet.com. Though this website is a subscription website, it is priced reasonably cheap and it allows you to pull up any city and pull up the commercial properties available in that city. In fact, at any given time there are many decent deals listed so you can tune in on what's going on in your city. Just login to the site and type in commercial properties for sale in the search words field and see what other sights it might lead you to.

In the world of commercial property you will find a lot of deals through agents and brokers. Unfortunately, just like in houses, you will find the majority of them are going to be at retail price. So in the quest of looking for commercial property you will likely come across these agency brokers. You should consider acquainting them with what you're looking for so they can put you on a list to contact you when something comes available. The idea is simply to get the word out with what you are looking for.

You will also want to keep your eyes open when you're riding around town, especially for fiz-bow signs (FSBO – “for sale by owner). If you see fiz-bow signs on big tracks of vacant land or any type of property, you will certainly want to call those numbers. When you are dealing with fiz-bow in the commercial property world, there is usually a reason they are trying to sell these properties themselves. And sometimes this can lead to some really good deals.