It appears they will place a massage parlor or junk yard anywhere.That worries me a lot.Since I'm in Elk Grove, just a few minutes north of Stockton, I could spend more time there... but the place just doesn't excite me. 

An appraisers gets in the realm of massaging #s.

I spend at least 40 hours per week reading zoning codes looking for ways to massage these old rules and regulations.

HO  HO  HOI'm setting in a chair getting a massage!  

Purchase price: $72,500 Cash invested: $4,500 Small commercial space currently rented to a massage therapist.

Hire ex cops, ex military, bikers, whoever....Get the vermin run out of there and then move your crews in and get it fixed and rented fast...Then you can massage it as you go, find better tenants, fix the place up better.

I want so badly to keep going I find myself starting to "massage" things like CapEx and maintenance to make the numbers work. 

An on-site PM that either does not know how to set limits and stick by them, or has been encouraged by you to use their best judgement, which appears to be to try to massage tenants into paying by the end of the month.2.

.), you can’t recognize a good deal until you’re an expert at evaluating a deal5) talk to lenders and determine the type and amount of funding you can attain6) search like crazy, have fun with it, be patient, only pull the trigger if the property meets your criteria, don’t massage the numbers too hard to make it work

@Doug Henderson, I’m using a mortgage broker send me a massage and I can get you connected to him.