If you already own shopping centers and apartments, have highlights of your performance.  

The American economy and sentiment would never support that.

I would recommend you shop around, but since rates have skyrocketed the past 3 weeks, you are unlikely to find a better deal than what you locked your rate at in with your current lender. 

Did you know that for most Americans, taxes are their highest expense each year?

And LP is burned if syndicator hedges and shops multiple groups who are interested and spending money on DD ultimately not get the deal.Reliance on single relationship: again, larger checks mean few LPs for syndicator.  

Have you stopped into the local coffee shops and bars/restaurants to speak with the residents?

One caveat on small shops, they are great but also you have to know when a job is too big or difficult for them.

The reality is that the new generation of native-born Americans don't want to build houses, they all want cushy high-paid jobs in tech or finance etc. or to get rich quick off of crypto or being a youtuber or running internet businesses, etc. very few of them want to work in the trades. 

And I can't really talk shop with my inner group of friends (other than the macroeconomics of CRE).Are there outlets for these types of conversations? 

Only one facility in town is quality built/newer (maybe 10 yrs old) and it seems they do not have more room to expand and by secret shopping so to speak them plus the smaller less desirable facilities are mostly filled up.