This specific property had a crawl space, that in a typical market, I feel would have been more difficult to sell, without a significant updating cost from my end.

Management is usually not as intensive as say multifamily but still has work so need to make sure you are getting extra yield for return over a single tenant NNN property that is investment grade.The amount of work with a retail center depends on the tenant mix of national, to regional, to mom and pop tenants.As far a tenant going dark you the landlord will then have to entice another tenant to lease the space and everything is negotiable as to lease structure, landlord TI's, leasing commissions, etc.

Investment Info:Office Space hard money loan investment in Pontiac.

You make your money when you buy, and I'm not in a space where I want to kill myself trying to find or "make" a deal in this market. 

I'm married with soon to be 5 kids, so I need the rest of the space, but when I'm ready to move on, itll provide a great space for larger groups too.Thanks!

Not to promote fraud or anything, but if you are spacing out your work then maybe you won't need to pull a permit.

Please invest in yourself from professionals in the creative space. 

We've also done some random very low cost, with potential reward things like paying for flyer-space under a local diner's glass tables. 

Most real estate investors are looking for a 1-4 unit deal, and in that space the profitability of the deal is going to be very much tied to whether you are a good operator or not. 

We are debating installing separate laundry on the main floor so that we don't need to share the space.