I'm quite familiar with Bryson City and Lake Fontana...spent many days flying around Tail of the Dragon over at Deals Gap:)    Beautiful country and proximity to Atlanta makes it a high traffic VR area.  

However, I currently work for a very large self storage management and real estate company, so I have gained a lot of insight on self storage, as well as real estate and management in general.Now that I have realized I just created a short story, I think I'll end this exciting tale of the Hero Accountant and the Real Estate Dragon now and let you get back to living life and making millions.

That will apply more upward pressure to values in the area, as I think the shopping center is kind of a drag on values currently.

I would say eviction laws in PA are fairly favorable to the landlord compare to other states, but a litigious tenant can easily drag on the process for months if they are clever enough.Of course, you could agree to accept the property with the bad tenants and use that as a reason to further reduce the price point.Not sure what the purpose of the 60-day termination contract is.

it could drag on. 

On a simliar note, the current owner is MIA as far as I can tell, which has made the Short Sale drag on for some time...

Just a lot of risk there and that can put a drag on your overall portfolio.  

Well...the Dayton Dragons baseball team has the most consistent sold out games of any sporting team in North America (startling fact), Warped Wing opened a second location, and a half dozen other breweries are now open in the city...Boston Stoker coffee is totally awesome and has several new locations (this is important because it's a key indicator for the successful revitalization of many cities...beer-food-coffee is key)...there is a river front development that is reminiscent of Columbus (which was awarded best on the country), there is big inner-city revitalization...I saw a developer by the name of Simms pre-sell 24 $500k "Brownstone" townhouses in the center of downtown (unheard of in Dayton)...there are 30 renovation projects going on downtown...and they now have a full time staff on the streets to keep the city clean...the population is on the increase for the first time since 1964....I mean this is pretty superficial, but it's every bit as important as economic indicators...there is a lot more to this...There are still "war zones" in abundance in Dayton and it's the Opiate Overdose capital of the USA...but getting better rapidly...just proceed with caution if you elect to invest there...a local subject matter expert is a must!

Find one who likes speed of money more than deals that drag on, even if they get more interest/fees that way.

The slow ones tend to drag on for longer than people want to admit.