But they don't start with hiring software engineers, they start with hiring mortgage industry veterans.

Industrial is another alternative.Off market listings/transactions are very common.

On the flip side, if you're honest with me and can demonstrate that you have some knowledge in the industry (or at least have a good attitude about learning) I would be more inclined to help you out and make it work out for both of us.

Sometimes a tenant will want 3 years fixed but not as desirable to the landlord unless the landlord knows they are tearing the building down or eventually replacing a mom and pop tenant with a national one.You might want to take your existing lease and any amendments and have them reviewed by a local to the property  commercial real estate attorney familiar with that asset type (industrial, retail, etc.) and give an opinion.

If its bringing in $3K per month, that will yield $36K per year...The industry rule of thumb for expenses is 33% but that might be low given that the property is so small.

Before you plan on in-sourcing dry cleaning; make sure you are well aware of the rules and regulations pertaining to that industry.

@Hannah Costello If you would like to qualify for a loan by the end of the year I would suggest that you find a job in the same industry, and you should be able to count that W2 income right away.

Another idea is to open a brokerage / investing account with whichever company also holds your 401k money, and put your "savings" into a total market index fund or into the S&P 500 or some other index fund that spans multiple industries.

I've called around to banks about getting a SBA loan and they said that you need to already be in the industry or have some type of expierence ?

I purchased a partial in late 2019 in the notes space as my first step into the note industry, from an investor perspective you have a lot of advantages over owning the physical property when it comes to maintenance costs; and there are a lot of other benefits to being the bank as well when it comes to handling the financial side of mortgages.