After all, you are an agent of the owner, not an independent store owner.

I would recommend first reading The Ultimate Beginner's Guide I know you are not beginners but there's something in there for just about everyone.http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investingSecond, go the the BP Store and buy the two books by J Scott, The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs.

They charge a $40 flat fee to assess the situation, then go to the hardware store, buy supplies, and fix the problem that day charging a per hour rate plus the actual cost of supplies.

While neither are specific to one MSA/location, and each have a bit of extra stuff in them (ITB includes a bit of home DIY store stocks), they should be directionally correct in case of a big downturn.

Fun new restaurants opening or the same old run down Chinese food store on the corner that you wouldn't eat from if your life depended on it?

Plus, last time I chcked, they invented AC and it's everywhere: house, shopping, car, even mistifiers to be cool when walking from car to bar to restaurant or store.

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I have never priced out the big box stores for installs on major things, but I know that it just took me 12 days to get a garage door opener installed at my house from a big box store that my handyman could have done in 1 or 2 days after my call.

Try bandit signs (purchase corrugated board at the Dollar Store and hand write 'we buy houses cash'.

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