Have skills and professional experience in digital marketing, research, and sales so hoping those along with a desire to learn will come in handy.  

I have many of contacts for wholesale real estate inventory that have double digit returns, alot of turn key stuff scattered around U.S. how far out of your back yard are you willing to invest?

From my understanding, we have seen appreciation in the last year in the double digits (350K+market). 

Occupancy is currently about 70% (one tenant, a photo/camera store, closed up shop because of the switch to digital photography). 

Would that mean a mason has to dig it out and cement it in and then rebuild the brick column?

When the times comes I'll probably prepare printed and digital copies, so I can give the lender options. 

@Crystal Salton, The Paperback version is $24, the Digital-only version is $19.

By day I work as a VP of Business Development in digital marketing.

The lease is signed digitally.

Yes, at this point in the cycle, sellers want big deposits, because they can get them, and because they want the buyers over a barrel in case the market turns against the seller before the deal closes.Obviously, putting up a bigger deposit, especially if it goes hard early (or immediately in some cases), raises your risk substantially.You definitely want to get a contractor or engineer in there, and absolutely someone with experience dealing with properties of this size.With a property that age and in that condition, you should also look into hiring someone to send fibre optic cameras down the water and sewer pipes.