I also just complete a big box store conversion (just outside Chattanooga) to self storage and would like to see the project stabilized before getting involved in another large project.

He said, half the time he gets a box full of receipts in no order.Good luck!

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Small box retail is doing well.There has been an adjustment to rents on a per sq ft basis with declining per sq ft sales.Many buyers are snatching up retail locations that have a value add component.

I hope I did not get off task, but be creative and take yourself out of the box.

I left the insides of the cabinet boxes and shelves untouched - it looks normal and I wouldn't expect the insides of the boxes to be painted.

As I believe Jon was suggesting, you'll have more like with CUs and smaller lender's that keep their own stuff than the sell and bundle institutions, because this is an outside the box type deal.

We also add a gift certificate to the restaurant [which the owner gives me a big discount on] and a plate of home made cookies.Next to the basket, I have a decorated box that has some of my Avon products, toilet paper,paper towels, one towel, one washcloth, one bar of soap, several toothbrushes and toothpaste, a small pack of tylenol, stuff like that.All 3 families have been ecstatic over what was waiting for them.

People have been gaming the system so to speak, and while many investors are truly real estate professionals many are simply checking the box to squeak that passive loss through.Another area are s-corps.

You have thermostats for the different zones that run back to a control box.