that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases.

Some of the damages include ~$7,800 of missing property, kitchen cabinet doors ripped off, a mangled chandelier, a damaged refrigerator, divots from a claw hammer in the granite, and urine and feces stains on rugs, furniture, and hardwoods from an unauthorized puppy.

I'm having to make some assumptions because there is missing info in your post, but it sounds like the flex space doesn't have a separate door to the exterior.

There are other avenues to review but I agree past rental history is important (disclosure I have 15+ doors right now)If you feel bad for them then rent to them.My point is its corporate america and you are blaming the wrong person - you are blaming the corporation but you should be blaming the politicians who create an environment that is tenant friendly and sue happy. 

No studies other than there are none around like I'm looking to build. 20x30 "commercial" storage with a roll up door and walk through door.

It goes deeper than that.NYC Liberal policies, including strong tenant protections, increases the risk of failure so much that the risk far outweighs the rewards.Financial ruin is just around the corner for the small Mom and Pop Property Investor that it doesn't make sense for them.The Tenants will have free Attorneys that are bent on delaying eviction cases so long that it stretches into years while Mom and Pop suffer from lack of rental income and still have to pay all the bills and do the management.Additionally, the increase in homeless living rough in the streets due to Sanctuary laws causing a lack of shelter beds, then evicting shelter residents after 30 days creating more homelessness, policies that tie up the Police's ability to arrest perpetrators, etc. only causes Mom and Pop to sell out at large discounts to larger Landlords who are capable to use Economies of Scale to eek out a profit.These larger Landlords will eventually turn a much higher profit as the pendulum will eventually swing towards the middle when the NYC Voting population eventually realizes that it's not a conspiracy of the Rich that's causing the Wealth Gap to increase.It's the same liberal laws that encourage people to become lifelong tenants, small Entrepreneurs (including Property Owners and small Mom and Pop Businesses) to be destroyed, and Rents to rise astronomically as housing becomes scarer even when the population declines by as much as 7% in the last several years. 

For 2500 of the mailings he predicted the market would fall in the next 3 months, for the other 2500 his prediction was that it would rise.  

Quote from @Kerry Noble Jr: Preforeclosures are best called or door knocked.Tax delinquent or code voiolationsPreforeclosures, Tax delinquent, code voiolations, probates/inheretence, quit claim deeds, water shut off are the best lists.Understand it is a volume game. sending out 500 mailers probably won't yield any results.

Typically play to balance fresh design with budget is to source new doors and paint the boxes to match.  

Hi Teahjsia, I’m based in the Seattle area but have a portfolio of 9 doors across Memphis and Detroit.