Their exit strategy is the retailing–or flipping–of that new-and-improved, higher valued property. 

I came across 'Texas PACE Authority' if anyone can offer feedback on this particular program. 

If the seller has good property and the market is strong he's better off selling it on the retail market, no matter how good your "pitch" is.But if he's sick and tired of being a landlord and can't stand the idea of one more tenant call, then he has a problem.

Self storage and parking are similiar, love the idea, but I am not a fan of retail business.    

In your experience, do you think the restaurant industry can be a good investment or would your stick with retail/office or multi family? 

Hopefully rents increase on pace with HOA increases.

In addition to the obvious cost savings on products and services, use of Purchasing Platform drastically reduces the number of trips your manager has to make to retail stores (time spent not managing your property), eliminates the need for expense classification and receipt transcription while also providing valuable oversight to the owner with workflow approval.

Like Account Closed, great for selling a place to retail buyers, but the markups the window guys stick you for are incredible.

It's one thing to come to an agreement with a retail buyer, but getting from contract to close is quite a process. 

Try to connect with the tenant rep retail brokers.