This is at a auto shop that I own, my plan is to clean the shop up and rent out the shot.

This would likely enable her to secure the property she's always worked towards, enjoy it and develop it NOW and rapidly proceed to sell her primary residence (valued at $500k++) instead of liquidating her more difficult income producing commercial property, then shopping, then selling her primary residence..I recognize there are MANY alternatives, including contingent offers on a new potential primary and/or leasing back her current residence as a contingency of a sale.

McDonalds, CVS, Mom and Pop's Bake Shop, etc.) pay for all the expenses related to the property including:1.

I try to serve as a one-stop-shop for them (sales/property management/recommended lenders/contractors).

LOLSee if you can find a real commercial brokerage as Joel suggested.If you want classroom study, see what you can find at a local college or university on the subject and stay away from gurus.And, guess that also means what you call "commercial" a 6 plex or a shopping mall, maybe an industrial complex on 20 acres?

If i were in your situation i would just start shopping for a lender and ask them questions.

I don't want to allow someone in to case the place, or a nosey neighbor/landlord or someone who just wants to spend a Saturday shopping downtown and - "oh, how 'bout we check out this apartment for gits and shiggles."

I would suggest taking the 20k reduction and shopping around for additional foundation quotes to see if you could get the same work done for less.

Buyers will like the "upgrades" and you will have control of the "shopping".

I've got a project manager in place (because I can only dedicate part time hours to the actual rehabbing process), and I'm shopping several different properties in the area.I was really surprised when I started doing some hunting and seeing 30, 40, 50 thousand difference in LP and Tax-assessed value here in Fort Wayne.