After I purchased my duplex, my insurance company sent an agent to evaluate the replacement cost of the property. 

They have an internal evaluation group as well.You can get around this system but it is only one of many road blocks you will run into.

COuldn't get past a blank page after I logged in, so I threw it away again.

It really pays to be a very greedy investor who will only take the plunge when valuations are ridiculously good.Regarding evaluating markets, that could be the subject of a book.

I decided to evaluate the program.

I dug out the paperwork to evaluate how I could have done better and take a long hard look at myself.

Everybody thanks for the input this is great...hopefully the more houses I see the better I can be at evaluating repair costs.

Hi Josh and team,I logged the menu bugs with support the day after version 3 went live and have checked that there is still a problem on some pages as per screen shots.

If so, please share the details . . .BTW - If you can't get into your BP account as a result, if you clear your cookies, log out of BiggerPockets, then log back in, you should be fine OR just go to your Facebook account and select applications, then remove BiggerPockets -- then login, you should be good.I'm not sure this is a widespread issue or a one time glitch, but we'd like to know if it is happening to others, so chime in if you can.Thanks,Josh

In this case no, you just buy the building, honor the existing lease, and become landlord to someone leasing the premises from you -- a much easier proposition in my view, this economy notwithstanding and assuming you have a viable tenant.Alternately, you could buy both the building and the retail business itself with the existing employees or without, all at your discretion.With all due respect Javona, when you say “amazing deals,†do you know how to evaluate a retail business for sale, or a retail property for sale, or both?