Perhaps you have a mom and pop ice-cream shop in your commercial unit such that you get emotional when they realize their business idea was a flop in the winter time and you're forced to evict them on their 5-year-lease.

I was fortunate in this aspect.. my daughter graduated from UC Davis 2002 so the shock of 911 was 9 months behind her.. but your right it was a very difficult hiring time for Collage kids.the big tech companies were creaming the graduating class's if you were not 3.5 or 3.6 you had a tough time My daughter bless her heart was top 10 in her finance class and got offers from Intel Microsoft Apple etc. and took no time off and went to work ..

I think you have too many colors (gray/blue walls, brown cabinets, steel refrigerator, black/steel stove, gold/cream floor and door, white subway tile with a dark grout, and what appears to be a white and blue or gray countertop) competing with each other.

With threads of beige, brown and black or beige gray black and cream?

Don't move to Alaska and set up an ice cream business.Determine demand exists.

The landscaping business allowed me to make high dollar per hour rates that i wouldnt have been able to make if i had worked more at the ice cream shop i worked as a busboy.

It's like saying "how much is an scoop of ice cream?"

I am seeing black trim and cream walls rising in popularity...gray walls are dreary.

There were tooth brushes and shave cream in each bathroom.

Hi Elijah,Your are out nothing by inquiring about OWC.If it were me, and if I knew he'd be home and awake, I'd be over there in person tomorrow morning with a couple of hot cups of coffee, some sugars and creams from McDonald's.Shake a hand and make a friend kind of thing, and see where it goes from there.Good Luck!