I.E. what is it missingto make an informed decision about the traffic of retail.  

@Dawn Young - Sorry for all the posts but I wanted to add to your list of possible expenses:Engineering Fees, survey, local entity's application fees for development, building permits, parking lot paving (some areas require pavement rather than gravel), stormwater permit fees, stormwater ponds (the design is included in the engineering fees), underlying soil corrections if your property is on peat-y soils or poorly drained land, wetland delineation, building structure engineering, worker's comp insurance if you hire someone (probably not in this scenario), legal fees for an attorney to write/review your lease, legal fees for attorney to guide you through the process of eviction (often called a 'lien sale' in SS circles), landscaping buffers (yes, I've had to install trees to buffer vehicular traffic - that reminds me, one of those trees are dead and I need to replace it. 

Well this one could be a full hour away if traffic was bad (about 30 min in no traffic) so when my business expanded it became a torn in my side for service calls and the last time it went vacant I didn't want to deal with showings so I sent my crew over there for one last cleanup and put it on the market.

Congrats, on both of those deals and, more importantly, on staying persistent to find your niche.Lots of misinformation on this thread.Andrey is not pitching anything or lyingHe is not expecting 30% IRR on every opportunityFinding and vetting trustworthy sponsors is not as hard as non-syndication investors thinkPerforming diligence on sponsors takes years, not hours or daysMany sophisticated LPs perform extensive diligence on sponsors and opportunities that is not discussed on BP (TLO reports on history of crime, bankruptcies, collections, credit, businesses owned, personal residence owned, employment, family members (including phone numbers), even traffic violations...the list goes on)Many LPs leverage sites like Ian's, 506 group, in-person conferences, and one another to analyze opportunities and sponsors together (it's a lot more sophisticated that the "what do you think about XYZ" posts on BP)There are tons of sponsors and opportunities that don't use short-term, bridge financing or max leverageMost are using 5-12 year debt, with inception LTVs in the 70s and year 2-3 LTVs in the 60s (and carry high reserves on top of that)The opportunities discussed on BP are only a small fraction of what's available in the marketPrudent syndication investing is just like anything else in life...it takes diligence and time. 

tastefully done"...the front yard is great curb appealit "always" smells like vanilla or something niceand the traffic has stopped coming.....what next....Help :crying:

Whenever we come to visit, we try to get there really late, or really early to miss the stopped traffic. 

Needs to get a lot of traffic first, but I am excited about the opportunity to list properties on a another platform other than Craigslist.

Should I go the slow route and do the upstate NY/Jersey things with less traffic for a while until I'm ready for the bigger stuff?

I own alot of gas stations, I have one where the tenant pays me $12,300/mo in rent and I have it listed for $2.75M and thats double the rent you have and in a high traffic area of 50,000 CPD.

Just drive to a high-traffic intersection and count the number of these hastily made plastic signs.The "BSI" matters because it is direct evidence of under-capitalized amateurs trying to get into the game.