You won't find the word "cash flow" or "income" under 'Our Competitive Strengths' or under 'Our Business and Growth Strategies' sections.

I currently work full time as an RN, a stable job in my area (rural MN) with fairly substantial opportunity for salary growth.

That helped immensely in the process.

Further growth will depend on depletion of existing stocks and addition to the inventory.

An attorney can provide safeguards that are not contained in boilerplate forms, special provisions that will assist you in your growth, allowances for future partners and employees.

I am in the initial research phases of finding a viable market (city/neighborhood), and then locating properties within that segment.I have read other people's posts that mention using the US Census Data or City-Data.com and look at population growth and job growth as contributing factors to determine if an area would be good to invest in; however, I am unsure where to find this information on those websites.

https://abc7news.com/californians-moving-to-texas-california-exodus-leaving-florida/6177157/ https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/691000-leave-california/103-e02662aa-dfae-46b2-b94a-f20158053e60 https://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/growth/article239570433.html https://abc7news.com/moving-out-of-california-residents-leaving-to-idaho-people/5809250/Soooo….

Lots of empty store fronts, some for sale but to me that means the opportunity for growth is there.

Any thoughts on this or other paths of growth?

There are countless factors that go into evaluating buildings, guaging the health of the area, calculating how long it will take to fill a vacancy, stress testing deals, projecting on the upsides as well as downside, dynamics of having an anchor tenant lease renewal on the horizon, guaging competition and surrounding vacancy, looking at future development of the area, understanding how local politics are affecting growth, traffic patterns etc.