@Garen T.

v=MkLSx6-rd9I&t=908sI am very interested in hearing your favorite real estate developer as well or real estate investor or your story of your humble beginning in real estate!

I don't think if I was dressed in cargo shorts and a t-shirt if my presentation would have had the same impact.While I have a long way to go, I will chalk this up as a first of hopefully many successes along my REI journey. 

No doubt you're correct that you can do a better monetary job on behalf of your client with a Retail Use/Occupancy, but you also need to consider the rest of the fiduciary duty:  There's much less accountability, stress, concern on the part of a warehouse owner than a retail owner. 

I'm going to sleep on it and if this deal does t happen then I'll probably end up taking your advice.

Again, I would stress focusing on education and developing the right contacts.

Just let your staff (https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/t...) know you're coming so they can be sure the toilet seat is disinfected and the dog bathed.However, after you take @Jim K. amazing course, you'll quickly become super wealthy.

If the language of the law is clear and there is no getting around the 21 day rule then you are already boned so why stress out?

I agree with @Peter T.

It sounds like a great rental, and doing a rental is significantly less stressful than doing a flip... so I think you should stick with plan A!