As someone who has had to sell at the bottom of the market a few times due to corporate relocations (thank goodness for relocation packages that kept me mostly whole), I want to cash out on my terms this time.Good luck!

I always suggest that when hiring a real estate mentor you interview them as if you are an employer for your corporation - if they don't pass the smell test  - you should pass - find a reliable mentor or coach who has a track record of continued financial success.Charles Parrish

A bad lease can make getting a loan on the property tougher for an end buyer that is a coupon clipper for a NNN lease.Tenants love to throw in crap like blocked rent ( goes up every 3 to 5 years 6 or 10% at a time versus each year), early termination rights in the primary lease period, below market rent bumps, sales drop clauses, off load NN for roof and structure versus true NNN, defining option period with terms that are favorable to them, weak guarantee on the lease or parent corporation drop off after a few years,etc. 

It doesn't matter what city your in, you can always find a niche, especially if your law practice can complement the real estate side of things.

@Dion DePaoli  I hear ya... that's what happened to me.. some one ( probably an attorney ) LOL saw my ad.. turned me into the ORegon division of finance and corporate securities .. and 30k later and a 5k fine and promise not to do it again... we had to create a securities document. really comes down to enforcement and the state.. the State of Oregon was actually pretty good to me... but I was very compliant and imdeiatly hired a top securities firm to create the proper documents ..

The same guy buys 3 times in 30 days, he's not buying for himself)3)  once you've picked out the investors from your list, look them up on google, on your Secretary of State site (corporation search) back in public records.  

In fact that is one of the best growth areas right now. 2 to 10 unit type centers strategically placed are in hot demand especially with national tenants and long term corporately guaranteed leases.Malls are what is dying in most areas.

This is important because it keeps the corporate veil in place.

I have not been making much money since I left my corporate job.

Had enough of corporate "life" by 2011 and left to make my own way and started (and continue to own and operate) a small software company with an awesome co-founder and a team of 9 now.Earlier this year my interest in real estate was reawakened, thanks in large part to the awesome Book on Rental Property Investing (highly recommend), and a desire to diversify my income.