There is a fair amount of waterfront in Portland and a lot of sweet architecture on that waterfront.

Sweet!!

Our sweet spot for selling a home tends to be right in the three week range If we have it priced right.

Sounds pretty sweet!

Commercial leases are much more specific to each tenant/building, but find yourself a good lawyer who will keep it short and sweet and use common language.

Your sweet spot is going to be with properties, sub-$200k, as it will allow for affordable weekly rates, if you're carrying a mortgage. 

It was sweet!.

. - a Flip.The Acquisition:Acquisition cost $100,000 (purchase price + closing costs)Rehab: $25,000ARV: $160,000 (assume this is the sale price)Assumed you get investor to finance you 75% of project: ($125,000 x .75) = 93,750Your equity (cash for "cash on cash" calculation): $31,250 (100000+25000-93750)Now the sale:Sale price = ARV $160,000Sale commission 6% ($9,600) - traditional listing agent.Other closing costs: ($2,500) (lets ignore the interest for this exercise)Profit: $54,150  (160000-9600-2500-93750) Cash on Cash 73% (54150-31250)/31250 ---- VERY SWEET INDEED.....BUT ASSUME YOU GO WITH A FLAT FEE LISTING SERVICE (FOR $99) AND OFFER 3.0% COMMISSION TO BUYER AGENTSale commission 3%+$99 ($4,899)Profit: $58,851 - (160000-4899-2500-93750)Cash on Cash 88% (58851-31250)/31250----- MUCH SWEETERYour see how a small % change in the commission has an exponential effect on your Cash on Cash due to this simple fact: Commission come directly out of your equity while commissions are calculated on the entire sale price, which a large portions is leveraged by the loan. - a change in less than 3% in the commission impact your Cash on Cash by 15% - WOW!

Getting cash flow and taxable losses at the same time is SWEET! 

That is the sweet spot where gas prices per gallon are still seen as favorable but oil companies can make a good profit and keep workers employed.Where I am in GA we are not feeling the effects of more oil at all.