My favorite option for putting your own business into play is mixed-use which is retail on the bottom usually and residential on the top.

.- Most of the deals that came our way were for 60-70yr old wood frame buildings, that had been owned by their current owner for 25+ yrs, and we felt there was a definite risk that the economic viability of the asset was less than our planned (buy and hold) time horizon, and we were also highly skeptical of the insurability of some of these buildings or that the cost of insurance would not balloon once the ownership transition forced the insurers to reassess the building.Ultimately we pivoted to retail/light commercial mixed use properties.

the majority of the successful urgent cares in the county are in close proximity to grocery anchored retail centers.

Plus, its worth noting that no Retail Priced property will be at a number where you're going to get the benefits of investing (cash flow and equity)What is working now is looking for single family with accessory units or mother-in-law suites, or duplexes.

From what gathered when I spoke to the investor agent I have there, most STR candidates on the retail market were only breaking even.

Slowly, over the years, Abu bought small multi-story retail and office properties, called shoplots.

maybe the owner wants full retail price even though it needs all these repairs... and thus isn't a deal. 

Retail price $20 thru outlets.  

In August 1999, TREC amended Section 535.20 of the TREC rules to provide that for purposes of that section, the term "valuable consideration" includes, but is not limited to: 1) money; 2) gifts of merchandise having a retail value greater than $50; 3) rent bonuses; and 4) discounts.

The Front Range market has a very pronounced seasonality to it: March-June is "selling season" when the bulk of the listings hit the market and all of the retail buyers are out hunting.