I’m most locales, yes, you ‘technically’ do need a permit for anything more than a device/fixture replacement.

I would be very careful commercial in small towns can stay vacant for EVER and a Day.just drive through any small town between Dallas and New mexico.. look down the main street.. nice brick buildings 90% vacant then on the outskirts of town a walmart and the associated fast food joints..the resi might work.. and maybe you change the commerical to cheap storage but put NO value in its cash flow would be my advice unless there is some compelling reason you think those would be leased.. if there was demand they would not be vacant would be my thought

Condo Ally: another solution with a pretty dated site design/UI, but a decent focus on day-day HOA management, from bulk member emails/postal letters, document storage, event calendar, resident directory, maintenance requests, member polling, financials, committees, vendors, and discussion forums.

We will definitely be changing common access locks, basement with laundry and storage area, just in case an old tenant kept a copy.     

Hey BP members, my name is Jesse, and I'm a inspiring investor.I recently looked into self storage, and I have noticed some investors repurpose old retail centers as climate controlled storage.

Self storage and notes.

I have a 40' shipping container on my property that I use for storage, so it makes it easy for me to stay ahead on appliances and other supplies.

That doesn’t even begin to touch on the other options; notes, syndications, trailer parks, self-storage, industrial units, retail..It can get overwhelming.

Homeowner retirees who can get on the list of trusted house sitters find a world of travel on a shoestring budget (if that's something they want to do):http://retireearlylifestyle.com/aaa/house_sitting_page.htmSome traveling retirees don't like the idea of moving their furniture back and forth from storage if they want to rent out their home while they spend part of the year living in another part of the country (snowbirds, sunbirds):https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/your-money/selling-the-family-home-is-liberating-for-many-retirees.htmlCombining these two ideas, perhaps you can find a trusted house sitter to live in your Lake Oswego home while you're living in Las Vegas.

There is room next to it for some storage units (for tenants).