Office property is a completely different animal influenced by different factors.

As far as how it might affect my descision making process; I am more influenced by income, credit and past record with employers and landlords as a reflection of their character and behavior.

Public and private projects were undertaken to give a boost to the city and surrounding communities while attracting tourism and new residents.

I was able to boost my credit in a very short time by being a put on other people's credit cards as a co user.

Contact your sphere of influence, all of your friends and family should know what you do.

So I easily fell into their influence and trusted them without any basis2) When they presented this tear-down-rehab deal, that was too good to be true, I did not do due diligence.

In my observations, a lot of well off people in the area seem to use these investments for tax reductions and not cash flow investments, making the cash flow properties even harder to find as prices are inflated by that demand and they could care less about positive cash flow.If you can boost rents to 1% or more of the purchase price as @Rich O'Neill suggests, you'll find its probably much closer to a worthwhile investment.  

Market prices are influenced by other factors too.

If I can boost our income by moonlighting, I can speed up our progress towards our next investment.

How To Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie - the BEST book on getting along and influencing others.