It’s also important to be always evaluating what you currently have in your portfolio and to be aware of the returns your investments are producing.

The buildings I am interested in are listed between 600k-1.3 million, but I feel the income the buildings are currently producing can support my start-up ( I will pay myself a management fee to manage the apartments above my office).  

They're great income producers, you can live and manage on-site in one unit, and they'll (probably) get you experience dealing with other investors when you're acquiring it.

@James Wise These are income producing timber and farm lands.

These reasons lead most commercial properties to be priced largely on the cap rate produced.

Run both options to get your income property to produce income again.

Continue to learn, continue to read, check out some success stories and innovative investing to hear about optimistic investments as well as unusual solutions.

I would start by building relationships with the top producing agents in your office and advertising their listings such as sitting open houses, door knocking neighbors, direct mail, social media or email.

On the other hand, the bills produced by those meters on units with leaks became quite a problem with the tenants ($1,000 water bill for one month because of a leaky toilet?)

Currently there is a furnace in the middle of the floor plan with no real way to run duct work, and takes up a fair amount of room.What people are talking about is if the air temp reached -20 or colder, the units can no longer produce heat.