Now the building is over 85% occupied and a flourishing corner at a busy intersection in uptown Shelby.

The city can easily find out and they can go back and retro the fines (usually $500+ per day).You need correct egress size windows, 1 outlet within every 6/12 feet on every wall and after a  corner, and the framing inspected.

Things happen but often cash strapped flippers cut corners and :"put lipstick on a pig" to get out from under a mistake. 

He has cut so many corners that it has cost us thousands of dollars and time.

Turning a corner could have a different investment trajectory.

& to answer the rest of your Q, some things that will noticeably affect your revenue:- making the place instagrammable, multiple areas/corners that make for awesome photos- heavily investing in professional design/decore- UNIQUE STAYS!!

And since you're new, the Ohio boys are lurking behind every corner trying to sell something.

Great to have someone close to you in your corner that knows what they're doing. 

So imagine money that is just there waiting for you and your business behind that corner or wall and you don't even see it and you miss it.

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