So I contacted the tax collectors office and was told there was a legal loophole and that since the building had been owned by a non-profit for part of the year it would receive tax exempt status for the full year.

A good sized room with small pocket office is much more desirable than two cramped rooms.

They put their educated, well dressed employees on the front line and hide the Highschool dropouts in the office and that is who's actually managing your home. 

Centralize your back office / use remote employees / VA where appropriate to cut costs and improve service levels / responsiveness.  5.

Personal residence that has a 2,000 sft office, kitchen and lounge area ( for entertaining vendors, clients and prosepects).

When I'm by realtor offices the phone is ringing.

. ;-) There is nothing false wiih what @Henry Clark said.Commercial real estate is broad - Office space, self-storage, Farm, Data centers, residential properties above 4 units, etcIt can be true that one part of commercial real estate is suffering while others is thriving.

Then call a few offices and ask if they have a realtor who works with investors. 

As well as seasoned Banker/Loan officer that can run the proposed numbers to see where you need to be LTV/ARV and number wise.

Office; AND$5M or more in revenueSEC regulated investment companies + certain business already under strict regulations from the Federal Gov'tWho is a "beneficial owner"?