I eventually found a deal in an area close to a major medical center, the University, and a military base. 

I'm currently 38 years old and in employed in the IT / Data Center/ Telecommunications industry.

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The TMC is the largest medical center in the world and will always be an anchor for jobs.  

If it was all stores and there were a lot of units and some were doing well that might be different.One tenant is underwritten differently than a retail strip center as break even ratios are different.

I also shopped for "laundry centers" which are those combined stacked units, and found a GE that looks good and is on sale. http://www.sears.com/ge-appliances-unitized-spacem... .

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From what I've read Amazon had broken ground on a new distribution center in Fresno.  

I'm a local business owner here and always have been interested in commercial real estate (shopping/strip center or individual shops) I'm in the automotive industry so my ultimate goal would be to buy and rent warehouses/auto shops. 

I think folks that get disappointed with turn key are under the illusion that its like buying a mutual fund or something like that.when in fact what is done for you is simply this.1. a rehabber ( turn key outfit ) has sourced and rehabbed ( we hope) a rental property and sold it to you 2. they may have put a tenant in it 3. and they may own the management company ( wise move for most turn key as they keep better contact with their clients and over time this becomes  nice profit center) Once you own it you have to be engaged and stay engaged as the owner if you don't your going to usually have disappointment.. and if you as the buyer think just because you bought turn key that you need to hardly do anything for the rest of the life of the investment well then your setting your expectations up for some disappointment.