I work in Human Resources 9-5 and spend 5-9 on BP.

Do you spend all day obtaining comparative prices?

The town was built in the early 1900's and was a boom town through the 1990's.It is not that the town is lacking small businesses that want or able to lease these spaces, it is that it is a small town, and the businesses cannot spend thousands of dollars on rent, or renovations. 

I've been reading the information in here and finding it very valuable..moreso than spending hundreds of thousands on big name RE seminars.

If this doesn't work you could visit the area you're interested in and spend a little time there, set up some meetings with individuals you think could possible help.

But if I'm spending money to do it I would like to be protected.  

Still need to spend some time refining the processes a bit to make things smoother.

99% of the time, it's better to spend the $5k and finish it up.  

Then spend 6months educating yourself on one topic and don't get distracted by shiny balls.

I can't spend more than $45k on this after repairs.