Depending on your background and experience you can then start actively making offers or looking for partners that have a complimentary skill set.  

If I had more time than money and wanted an improvement, I would sand and re-stain them a medium color (like Pats stairs), maybe also painting the stringers a complimentary color.

If they have complimentary skillsets, where you cover each other's weakness. 

Outlots are a good example of being passed by.Just a quick one that goes along with what Joel was saying, ensuring that a strip center has complimentary businesses should be a goal of the owner and tenant in selecting a location.

Class, visibility, finish out, appearance, services, ingress/egress, complimentary neighbors, zoning, age, cost, length of lease, and of course location.

Related or complimentary careers or education is the way to go.

When I went there were two instructors as a tag team with one class.A draw back to that is that some related materials are complimentary, talking about a survey requirements and enchroachments are easily understood putting it in context with title issues or conveyance.

His business is a complimentary business to that of my sons' operations.

It's wise to have a partner with complimentary strengths.

In the case of students, some of the things we offer: arrangements a discount (13%) with a self-storage provider while they are waiting to move into one of our properties or, when they are moving out;discount on end-of-lease cleaning services (using our cleaning service ... the same folks we would have come clean the property after they move out w/o cleaning thoroughly) or on having the cleaning service come regularly;A complimentary introductory session with a local pilates studio;an organic pizza from a local CSA business during exam period;One of the best received "perks" is our "Take Me Home" card  which enables tenants to have a taxi bring them home -  whether they are at the library studying late or out on the town with all their money spent.