Financial planners will recommend selling all real estate and putting it into the market as they get a commission for that and perhaps a management fee on the side.

But I have found it really great to speak with my on base Family services office ( I don't know what they call it in the Air Force) but the financial planner they have there should have a listing of locally owned veteran and military business owners.

I wound up selling investments and insurance and acquired my CFP (Certified Financial Planner) designation by age 33.

Is (s)he a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER?

Jim is correct that the tax parcel will have to be redrawn, but you need to start by talking with an urban planner.

Using a cocktail napkin as your financial planner is a bad business strategy.

you need to sit down with a tax planner real estate cpa that knows how to properly cross seg and set deps

If you talk to a planner for the city, or the person in charge of the tax sale, they tend to know if there are any environmental concerns and in my experience, are very useful resources to find out the history of the property.

I'm a planner by nature so I can certainly have a tendency to "over" analyze...but I have free time to research and prepare before taking that first step.

My dad owns a small commercial property for 50 years, and unlike residential, a vacant store takes him 6 months to a year to find a new tenant.BTW, my wife was a city planning major, worked as a city planner.