You need to narrow in on what else in a market makes you feel warm and fuzzy.

Can you describe some of your specifications and I will be able to narrow down the areas for you.  

To help you narrow it down, I will try to answer some of the questions I can. 

I guess I could using this for small deals where you don’t mind if you lose the money or to save time narrowing down your questions to then ask an expert who will stand behind their answers?

The biggest challenge is finding quality operators - I think narrowing your search so drastically by only looking at operators in your area will significantly reduce the number of opportunities and the quality of the opportunities. 

There are several types of commercial properties and development specialties so you may want to narrow down a little and study sectors.

Unfortunately, the ruling had a very narrow scope regarding a particular way the city violated the constitution that is not broadly applicable.  

Industrial properties are cyclic and have no relationship to the narrow segment of residential properties I target.

You should be able to narrow down to a resource local to you, if that matters.  

If you can keep the property afloat for a couple years with negative cash flow this could still be a good option but if it's going to be narrow you might want to wait until these unknowns become knowns.