A Walgreens with 25 yrs of lease left and 5x5yr extensions will be "safer" than a stand-alone mom and pop restaurant with a 5 yr lease and no experience in the restaurant business.  

I imagine there are still a large number of “mom and pop” hosts who had no idea there were taxes or a permit needed who’ll be weeded out, but they prop weren’t our competition anyway  ;-) Good luck! 

Now they are screwed - every time they fill out an application, for their next rental, to buy anything on credit (like a car) or buying a house...this Judgement will pop up and they will be denied.

Those are the premier Seattle meetups with true experts in the Seattle market.You popped into a forum, new to the site, asked a question, and then committed the biggest newbie mistake in the book - you backlashed against the sound advice because you know better.

If property has good layout I have seen many cash cows pop up there.

@Justin GarrettWould love to have you at our live event in October talking about your success with the mom and pop strategyBTW it was all youKnowledge plus action equals powerBest Gino

Mom-n-Pop are getting tired of too much work for so little return. 

Generally you can tell what will pop up when walking the property.

Also start looking for deals to see if selling would beat what you are earning now, if it does not then hold till something good pops up. 

I've been studying videos and personally gone through these nightmare pop-up expenses via my rental properties so it's been actually helpful in my journey trying to find my own home to live in.