What I have begun doing is sending out a letter 60+ days out from the expiration of the lease.  

Hello Jason,People have begun in real estate investing with less than it sounds like you have and ended up very successful, not to say this is easy. 

Inventory, which plunged for years, has begun to grow again as buyers move to the sidelines, sapping the fuel for surging home values.

I have done quite a bit of research and have begun taking the steps to build a buyers list.

Many of the property managers that I've begun meeting have a rotational sheet/list of items that are bi-annual/annual/5 year/10 year, etc, of things that need to be maintained so they stay on top of those items before they become problematic.

A few of of have begun to private message each other and are trying to get a conference call so we can help each other out.

It wasn't until they called back 12 hours later that the water had begun to run into the walls/basement. 

Things have begun to slow across the nation.

Someone suggested that we start a discussion about land rights, as government has recently begun to use eminent domain to benefit not only the public interest, but to benefit developers and individuals.

Someone had begun remodeling the place to make it a 2 family unit, hence turning the store part into a residential unit, about a year ago.