Even though you are the Landlord, look for agents who insured the types of tenants such as a Day Care, Restaurant, Liquor Store, Laundromat, etc. 

The second partnership was a restaurant property again with my spouse and another couple and this time we were to be the financial backers and the other couple was to run the restaurant.

You can't walk into a restaurant and just say, "I'm really hungry" and expect them to give you free food.

But are you going to pass up a restaurant with an eight if it’s got great comments?”

It includes 15 rooms, a pool, and a restaurant.

My hair dresser is a tenant, my current handyman was referred by a tenant, I rent to the children of subcontractors I hire,  I rent to my the children and friends of my current tenants, I refer tenants that need help to agencies where I have tenants working, I eat at the restaurant owned by a tenant.

I'm a local investor and when I started investing nearly a decade ago I was working 60-80 hours a week running a restaurant as well as self-managing my rental portfolio.

For example, when you go to a fine dining restaurant, you get the psychological payoff of enjoying a good meal whereas the restaurant gets the financial payoff of charging you a small fortune.In housing, most homeowners update their own homes because they want to experience the joy of having better finishes in the home.

That's like asking a restaurant to give you a $20 discount on your bill next time because you paid with a $20 gift card this time. 

Are there new restaurants, buildings, apartments, etc being built in the area.