Seller's also have to pay an attorney/title company to close, complete a smoke cert, recording costs etc. 

I just had one last week, it was a broken smoke detector. 40 bux.Potential for Difficult Tenants JUST like cash tenants, screening is the key.Property Damage Issues JUST like cash tenants, screening is the key.Harder to Evict Difficult Tenants NO it's not, in OH anyway.Full-Paying Tenants May Turn Away NOT sure what this means?

With the lower tenants smoking downstairs, and the smell of their smoke wafting into the upstairs, we are concerned that smoke smell will turn some potential renters away.I know we need to honor the lease that the tenants were under before we bought the property. 

If it's an (A) location you do not need 1.5 years especially to land a franchisee restaurant tenant.When I look at a property I look at the current value, the dark value, and the re-potential value.Lot of commercial developers sell off marginal tenants at market rents.Example me buying a Wal-mart with 10 plus years left at a 7 cap is way different than trampoline or workout place at a 9 cap.On its face the 9 cap may be appealing but then you find out for that box size the crap tenant is paying 1 dollar below what national tenants pay.

I'm going to go with a dark horse and say Minneapolis-St Paul. 

***There are smoke detectors and a portable fire extinguisher in the retail unit. 

Otherwise, you're pretty much stabbing in the dark and it's a terrible time suck! 

@Julie McCoy, @Lucas CarlI've actually been leaning towards the Smokes just because it's only 3-4 hours away from me. 

For example, in NC the only dark blue areas are the largest counties in the state, even though Brunswick (Wilmington NC) and Pender Counties are growing faster as a percentage of population increase.

Think about it: back in 2006, Zillow introduced the Zestimate, and it was like someone had finally lit a lamp in a dark room.