Food for thought — which tenant would be a better value-add for your real estate business? Residential or commercial? Today’s guest believes that residential tenants often destroy your place and commercial tenants actually improve it on their dime. Today we welcome Ash Patel onto the podcast. Ash had a 15-year career in IT then got hit with the real estate bug. He had a pivotal moment that convinced him to focus on nonresidential commercial properties. Ash has since invested in retail, restaurants, strip malls, mixed-use, medical, and office retail space.