Hope this helps, and good luck with your next deal!

However, a great deal came along my way.

Let’s stay in touch and see if there are any deals we can collaborate on!

You need to make sure you're working with someone whose sending you personalized deal flow that actually meets your buying criteria.

We run into this especially at out parcels in grocery anchored centers, and our users generally can't make a ground lease work for the business case so the next best thing does tend to be the BTS or we often do Reverse BTS deals where the majority of the building design and management etc is done by the tenant. 

Quote from @Jonathan Small: @Dan Maciejewski I agree that property managers can make or break a deal. 

Out of state investors can do really well here, but you can also lose a decent chunk of money if you buy wrong.Lots of out of state investors, especially those from California get a little blindsided because everything here is so cheap it all looks like a guaranteed great deal.

I closed a deal from a BP lead this year and paid for the whole trip.  

Ron's "Quick Start" Seminar is the first training where when I walked out I realized that I didn't have to spend another dime on training and could walk out and do a deal.

Additionally I would suggest having the long term financing relationship built so that they can easily transition the deal after renovation.