The once-iconic retailer Kmart is closing its final full-size mainland store in Bridgehampton, New York, on October 20th.

Resale  what retail buyers are paying for rates of course affects the business dramatically.

After a few long months we secured a long term retail tenant to call this place home.

However it appears you have no value add and are not purchasing below retail.  

Real wholesaling is buying something in bulk and or for a middleman’s price and then reselling at a retail price.

prices are high, interest rates are high, there is tremendous demand for inventory by both retail / primary buyers and investors, good contractors are booked up, some materials are still expensive. ' can't we just be honest that (1) if you are in a strong financial position, then yes, RE is still a good investment and ALSO  (2) it's way more difficult than it was in 2016? 

In particular, OO does not have vacancy or PM and typically has cheaper maintenance/cap ex than the landlord would experience.https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/its-now-officially-cheap...if you use realistic expenses, purchase at retail (off MLS) without a value add, you will have negative cash flow on virtually any purchase.  

I have many thousands of retail owners in my year database built up over a decade of time.

Personally all of my STR's could at least cover themselves as LTR's, although I acquired most of them pre-COVID and it is tough to make a retail investment at current rates and values that work as both. 

While these contractors are certainly out there, in my experience they also tend to be the ones that work with home owners directly and charge "retail" prices, not "investor" prices.I would shop around with lenders to understand how they work with their loans.