But if you are buying this as in investor I doubt you are going to find much sympathy from anyone including courts.

Nice idea, but I seriously doubt they will be able to control the laughter.  

I have no doubt that this shadowy practice will continue since the reward for the marketers of these programs is far greater than the con of having to pay back a few of their clients.  

I know that's what I got when I started hands on training by some of the best salesmen in the business. we did not have internet then or blogs or any of this other mass communication mumbo jumbo  LOL.I have been in this lower end asset class for 20 plus years I have seen all kinds of wholesaler tricks in my day  LOL... there are good one's no doubt but they come and go so fast that you deal with a lot just really have no clue as to what is legal and not.

For me its happend at least 3 times.A list of maintenance issues fixed and outstanding issues to be fixed.Tax information might give you some information but i doubt its based on any fact.Get examples of how much all things cost, water bill, garbage. 

I have no doubt that we could have done things better, but it seems to be going well in spite of our lack of experience.

When in doubt, bring in an inspector - you should do a full inspection of the property before closing anyway.

You should with out a doubt check out the areas in Aurora, Elgin and in between.

A lot of it would depend on exiting, isle placement, types of refrigeration, full or limited meat department, bakery, etc.Even the large grocers like Albertsons can't estimate a cost per square for a store buildout unless they've designed and constructed the buildings to their specs.Unless you're dealing with an experienced contractor who has built out multiple grocers, I doubt you'll be able to estimate a buildout cost.This type of capital improvement is just to large a component of leading costs so my advise would be to spend the money and have an architect layout the store, they don't need to draw up plans just yet, and then find a qualified contractor, or two, or three, to bid out the job.

There is no doubt that a LOCAL with deep roots and big team can make these work long term...