Our strip malls are loosing the anchor stores and all the small spaces are vacant and have been for some time now.

I was consistently nailed for loose hand rails, smoke detectors with the batteries taken out, Fire extinguishers out of date or not in place, loose door knobs, typical renter mentality stuff, the lines in the parking lot were not dark enough one year.

After I get a harness on it, I set it loose to fuel my daily efforts.

If you happen to live in one, as I do, you must invest abroad.I also agree with Mike that investing longer distance can add "risk" but the word risk is a very loose term.

As long as the cash flow is right you cannot loose.

Seems pretty good from my rough estimates.But how does one jump into a multi as a first rental without loosing their shirt.

You need to find the place they got in at and attach a mesh screen over it leaving the bottom side a bit loose (and make sure it overlaps the wall) so they have to slither through the mesh and the wall to get out.

I told them they need to leave after they made me loose 220,000. 

I told them they need to leave after they made me loose 220,000.

It is a a mess, several years of deferred maintenance and a couple handfuls of loose ends tossed in for extra measure.