The 3 Biggest Mistakes I See When Getting Started In Commercial Real Estate

The 3 Biggest Mistakes I See When Getting Started In Commercial Real Estate

July 13, 2026 · 19 min

About this episode

Mish Daniel discusses the three biggest mistakes new investors make in commercial real estate and how to avoid them.

Seven percent yield. It is the number everyone chases in commercial property. And it is also the number that can quietly shrink to four percent the moment you actually read the lease. Same building. Same price. Completely different return. That gap between what a deal looks like and what it actually delivers is exactly what this episode is about. Mish Daniel breaks down the three mistakes she sees most often when buyers get started in commercial real estate, and none of them are beginner mistakes. They are blind spots. The kind that catch even experienced investors off guard because they are doing their due diligence with a residential mindset in a commercial market that operates by completely different rules. Three mistakes that turn a good commercial deal into a very expensive one, and a fourth hiding underneath all of them that makes each one worse. Mish unpacks every single one with real numbers, real case studies, and the kind of detail that only comes from forty years of doing this. By the end of this episode you will never look at a yield figure, a sinking fund statement, or a lease term the same way again. This episode is for you if you are: A first-time commercial buyer…

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