RE will keep appreciating so if your buying retail it takes a little longer but will get there. 

@Jacob Gelinas agree anyone buying retail is overpaying.

So with retail sales ( unlike if your building something were your relying on rent) we did just fine market absorbed it..

Being able to build without the retail cost sounds like its a great option. 

We have one right now finishing up, high end small custom> 95% return cash on cash, bought land retail 2.5yrs ago (peak). $1.7M costs, $2.25M completed value.

People gets locked inside factories in China to prevent thefts like they did  here in the US in the 1910s.Please keep in mind IF we all support oligopolies, the download/streaming business can end up like the internet server provider/cable business, where you and I have no real choice anymore.

Typically, you see full-service (gross) leases being used for CBD office buildings, but most of the retail centers in my market are on a NNN lease.

I am looking for a property manager for a small retail strip in Fort Worth.

On the contrary, business identity theft is as real and as difficult to detect as it is to stop.

Let's not leave out the Ft.