Was it going to a major hardware store? 

So when a lead comes in it creates a contact that will store all info about it through entire process.

I would suggest 2 books for you that have helped me:https://www.biggerpockets.com/store/no-money-down-revised-paperbackhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/store/finding-and-funding-great-deals-physical

Eg: Charles owns interests in a restaurant, a shoe store and an orange grove.

So I was the bakery section of a grocery store getting them a big brownie with "Happy Anniversary" put on it. 

Our's came unfurnished, but we were able to negotiate a 15K furniture concession from the sellers at a local furniture store there in Pigeon Forge.

"Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered" 

Another option would be an STR by the month, assuming you don't have much furniture to move/store. 

I work at a paint store so I know a lot of contractors, and am handy myself and can do a lot of the work as well. 

Non-store retailers – the one group that rose, rather than fell, throughout the shutdown – fell 2.4% in June, but is still up 23.5% versus a year ago.