Anchoring sills to foundation, securing your hot water heater, and securing any crib walls with plywood to prevent their collapse.  

Brick foundation is brittle and has no anchor bolts. 

I think it is close to Interstate 30 where they just completed a new mall with Bass Pro as an anchor store.  

And what type of anchor tenant they have and what terms they are under.

@Anthony Chara I really like your strategy of using the higher repair cost estimate as an anchor to begin negotiating credits.

You don't want to compare a retail store front on a mid-block building with no parking to a store in an anchored strip mall.We closed two smaller multi-family deals in East Orange this year.

For the chimney, you need to use mechanical embedded anchors to hold the chimney from falling out of plumb any more than it is. 1 1/2" isn't the end of the world, use the anchors and tuck point it to join it with the brick veneer again.

I'm looking to take my career to the next level and start investing in retail property like shopping centers with good anchors such as publix as in located in Florida and pretty much every shopping center has a publix.

I have seen these anchoring lines but typically when I see them they are in the right of way so instead of running to the middle of the lawn they run toward the street or along the edge of the road. 

In the beginning both ROI and ROE are great, but then, as the principal gets paid, a lot of your wealth is tied down to a house... and when it's completely paid off, not only is your wealth anchored to the property, but now you have to pay a 1/3 of the cash flow in taxes (before it was all going to equity assuming you break even with rent/expenses+mortgage).