Also make sure they don't store anything to close to the furnace or water heater and for sure nothing flammable nearby.

Nothing a pet store carried was going to be strong enough, so he got the appropriately sized chains from a hardware store instead. 

Order underlayment off Amazon for cheaper than you can get in the stores. 

The big box stores will deliver.   

His primary business is production for grocery stores.

@Brian Stennett Sr adding square footage, adding a second bath, kitchen reno, bath reno, fresh paint.

This applies to things as small as a 3-unit mixed-use building with a store-front or a 5-unit residential.That said, I wouldn't dream of syndicating anything under about $3M dollars because the overhead is just too high to absorb.

David Greene has a book about long distance real estate investing right here in the BP store.

You can use my store front as a free meetup place if you want in Cedar Park.

(you never know), I want everything to be stored in my office, on my hard drive.