Gene it sounds like the lease was not set up optimally when originally created.A commercial real estate attorney familiar with retail and business litigation should be able to properly evaluate the situation and make recommendations.Does the tenant per the lease have to disclose sales,business financials, and ongoing personal?

You can identify the two highest retail price ranges, in greatest demand, per zip code where you can list the rehabbed property.You can use the Realtor to help you find deals and also use Wholesalers.

We pool together private investment capital (currently from accredited investors) to purchase these in bulk from large banks and institutions that we either re-sell at a retail level or we have serviced.

But like most hot markets, my experience here is that the local guys are the ones scooping up a majority of the good under market deals, leaving mostly picked over scraps and retail prices for just about everyone else.

First of, Berlin had to recover from massive bombings at the end of world war II.

We buy through her if its an on-market property and on the rare occasions that we sell retail - that goes through her as well.  

I read one of @Jay Hinrichs posts the other day where he basically said something along the lines of people on BP value $200/mo cash flow more than massive appreciation and I am just pointing out that the op may be killing the golden goose by selling.

Douglas Harris I would caution against the two to four plex since the exit strategy is poor in selling to a retail buyer.

Just consider it a learning experience.As others mentioned, you'd really be kicking yourself if you got in over your head, either by buying both and running out of funds or by buying the first one and uncovering a massive renovation problem you couldn't see beforehand.  

I would do some simple research to find out who are the prominent retail commercial brokers, particularly, those who have retail land experience.