You can adjust for square footage.

You are spot on about your description of some of the town squares and business sectors of the area you visited...especially Arecibo.

Here to help if you have questions as I've been involved in an extremely large volume of short sales and foreclosure avoidance scenarios.

  :)   If some of my lookie-loos want more square footage than 816 sqft, I'm happy to send them your way  (and if some of your lookie-loos want a bigger yard or a third sleeping room, I've got that down the street) ;) 

I have replaced several million square feet of siding and have probably 3 to 4,000,000 ft.² of roofing  covered in Houston and surrounding areas.

There is a certain health ratio for restaurants after food and labor costs.You need to figure out what you want the ground rent to be based on all the costs involved and how long you want to hold the property.Generally the longer the primary ground lease the more value it can have for resale unless the tenant want given a sweet heart deal with little to no rental increases.What tenants often want is FLEXIBILITY in termination clauses and short primary terms with options.

However, I decided the best way to start was just jump in and get involved!

Gross Potential Income or Effective Income / net rentable SF or total square footage ?

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Just jump in and get involved!