There will likely be significant traffic noise, including big trucks using jake (engine) brakes to slow down. 

Mom and pop tenants tend to just want to be in a good location but national tenants are very picky about the placement in a center and their tenants walk ability and traffic flow. 

It is a trade organization representing it's membership.  

I believe Norada is just broker and they have no skin in  game except $$ in sending traffic to TK providers.

Indoor and outdoor safety considerations.Talk with your insurance broker about proper coverage for you and for their business, especially liability.Consider the impact on the neighbors.... noise, traffic, parking.Consider the extra wear and tear and how you would be compensated.You say these tenants are just renting until they have enough in savings to purchase a house of their own.

I used to manage a 300 person product organization for Microsoft, so I believe I'm pretty well versed in management.But, there are lots of ways to do things, and if everyone is getting the results they want in their business, that's all that matters! 

Basically, Rich was offering to mentor someone in exchange for help organizing his business. 

We are looking for a CRM that can organize and streamline our day to day tasks as well as do things like send out a monthly newsletter of our vacant spaces and keep track of leads.

I never do anything expecting to get time with them out of it or to be able to ask them questions, but over time many of these investors have organically become part of my ecosystem and people that I regularly text with or grab a bite to eat with when we're in the same city.

@Mario T.I think a great 'technique' is getting your data together, organized.