The benefit of having commercial zoning is that should you attract a tenant that wants to open up a small office in your building that would be fine.  

We wanted a nicer home that would attract (hopefully) better tenants at a higher price point.

Buyers Agent Realtor who knows how to put together an attractive 203k offer Lender who is experienced with 203k's (HUD has 2 databases to help you select the best one) Contractor who knows/understands and is experienced with the 203k (suggest a contractor who has been independently vetted such as a Certified 203k Contractor). 

It's even more surprising how many people are attracted to this experience as a means of catharsis to escape the stress of there w-2 grind.

If these three are all “Yes”, and they really should be, then beasts will never appear.4 ) The Law of Attraction Factor – I have spent hundreds of hours reading, thinking, and observing this Law and still haven’t found a single bit of evidence to the contrary.  

Most of these sights (1) are run by tech guys with no real estate or investment experience (2) the real estate or financial analysts, underwriters or managers they hire are relatively low paid, limited experienced professionals without the ability, skill or knowledge to competently evaluate a commercial deal (3) if the site itself is an “intermediary” then most of the sponsors are also new, inexperienced, and only their least attractive investment offerings end up on theses sites.I’ve been syndicating real estate investments and real estate note investments as a sponsor since 2001.

I would position increasing the commission as a way to attract buyers agents and a way to fund your efforts to more aggressively promote the property.Asking for more money on smaller deals is reasonable.

But does that strategy actually apply to a well-known tourist attraction city?

ARV per market average cap rate - this will give you a more attractive result for your ARV, but you'll need to do more homework.

It will attract folks that are legitimately interested so you can focus on them instead of spending a ton of time cold calling and direct mailing - which does work but you have to be prepared for the long game in that space.  1 year and 7,000 DMs later you might get one owner financed deal