Everything checks out on it except that the driveway leading up to it on the side is a dog kennel and when you drive by all the dogs begin barking.

Either way, the best method to analyze what is driving the loss to lease numbers is by looking at recently leased up units.

Door knocking, leaving postcards/biz card/flyer, driving for dollars then mailing or door knocking, and proven wholesalers are a good place to start.

I have been researching various markets and have finally chosen Indianapolis due to it being landlord friendly, good job growth, low unemployment including a flourishing tech scene.

When those go out they have a very small building in the middle that tend to not work for most tenants and drive up parking.One of the better uses I have seen on vacant ones is like a Hertz rental car or Enterprise.The key with small commercial properties is knowing rents are below market with the current lease.

A lot of landlords routinely change furnace filters and drive by to make sure the lawn is being mowed.

So that might be driving some of the rent up.I was speaking with an agent who said they were still getting a steady stream of buyers who just couldn’t qualify over $300k.

That's if there is road access without driving through the rest of your land. 

“Demand for homes priced below $250,000 is driving the emergence of new submarkets like Manor and Del Valle, where builders can construct homes at a lower cost,” Vaike O’Grady, Austin regional director for Metrostudy, said.

Not my own but happened to my CPA who runs a successful private firm:Her daughter (teen) allowed her boyfriend (teen) to drive her car which was in CPA's name/insurance.