I just recently started a jiu jitsu academy with a couple of friends, and although I was not in the day to day grind of the process in finding a building and building the space out, I did become fascinated with the process.

You would have to go after the one individual for non-payment and you could only remove the other three by going through the legal process like you would for someone on a verbal agreement, which puts you in a he-said, she-said situation. 

The reason you see a person’s name and all their entities listed in a lawsuit is because Plaintiff (the suing party) attorneys have to list everyone and every entity that can be remotely tied to a cause of action, otherwise, if enough time passes and through the legal process discover that a separate entity or just a person was truly liable and they didn’t name them in the lawsuit, they are out of luck.

I think smaller markets say sub 50k population would have a larger impact from one big move from a manufacturing facility or something like a Amazon processing center.

We are not talking about a payment portal for a PM where as long as it processes, it's fine.

I have been learning how the process works and there are a lot of resources for how to interview a sponsor and review the deal, but how do you initially access the deals to review?

Just document the current condition before the cleanup process and follow any other local law or procedure that is in your municipality. 

When you do a little extra work ahead of time, the process goes so much more smoothly.

Hey Dan, shoot me a DM, I'd be happy to jump on a call and shed some light on the rent data. 

I would work on my communication of my processes including letting them know asap of their schedule with me.