This follows many years of decline in retail establishments and property values. 

The flea market route would require the most amount of active involvement and marketing to setup (apart from reduced access to financing from local banks) but could be setup to run by 3rd party management, once you have an established brand name.What are your goals with this investment?

When I had established myself to a certain point, it became hard to complete my Real Estate duties while working at the other job so I had to let it go.

The issue is with each new tenant you have to re-establish access and hook up the solar so each turn you will need to get access to their wifi. 

Establish the ground rules and stick to them.

This is meant to establish the loan as a commercial investment loan NOT a consumer loan. 

We ended up working out a buyer's lease for a month because the mortgage company required one month's pay from that dealer to establish employment as I was commission based in the service department.

So for your re-positioning scenario it just means you will absolutely be seeking new tenants allowing you to set a new rent which is capped at 7%/ year rise....until a new tenant moves in.There is still not an established requirement for a 'just cause' eviction (I use that term loosely because no one is being evicted in a 'non-renewal' scenario) so you are still able to non-renew and then raise rents.So that said....This is certainly the stepping stone.

A well established wholesale company, with strong systems in place, will run circles around every single realtor.

I am still in the rehab phase and it hasn't been easy (lots of traveling back and forth because I am still establishing professional relationships with contractors, realtors, etc. and the level of trust isn't there just yet) but I'm making it work.