We business partner and I started at the end of 2018, began with Drive 4 Dollars looking for distressed properties with potential and we actually found an owner who was very interested in our first drive - that deal was our first ever and only ever started on October 2019...a lot of back and forth, a death and renegotiation took place over period.

However, the limited new retail construction and historically low availability rates should help limit any potential surge in vacancy rates in the event of a demand pullbackHere are several graphs illustrating the current national commercial retail market in The United States of America:Full Commercial Retail Market Report Here: https://d2saw6je89goi1.cloudfront.net/uploads/digital_asset/file/1189858/United_States-Retail-Capital_National-2024-03-10_a.pdf

I am concerned though about vacancies and potential issues with finding decent property management.

Brown also fails to disclose here that she had twelve (12) deals under contract during the Agreement totaling over $600K in potential profit and the smear campaign began when her coaching agreement was due to expire.

For financing, you can look into a DSCR loan, which the lender will use the potential income for the property to underwrite the loan.

1) We don't ever recommend allowing an agent to handle screening of a potential tenant! 

One final note, this property has a lot of potential for value add opportunities as its located right on a major highway and is 2 acres. 

I'd start with cash for keys but if that didn't work,  seems like it may take 3-4 months to evict a person,    my big question is getting liability insurance on the property.I get that there isn't much I can do preventing the previous owner from trashing the place  (she is 60+ so I doubt she's taking a hammer to the place)   but I do worry that if she or someone else were to get hurt prior to an eviction and sues me.Can you get insurance on a property under these conditions?

Post your questions here and this community will help you process potential steps. 

Make sure that in your financial machinations you account for the potential damages the tenant will be entitled to.