Ok - so I can treat it just like a regular home purchase - even if it is being sold as-is, investors will have an inspection done before closing.

Might help to lay some of those items out so you can develop an attack plan to get your building leased up.Think of some complimentary businesses  -- if you want to put another hair salon on one of the floors, have a hair salon on floor 3, or possibly have the 3rd floor dedicated to hair/body care -- IE build out 500-600 sq ft to one hair stylist wanting to go out on his/her own - get an esthetician to take additional space, a massage therapist, pilates or yoga studio, physical therapist, etc-- have them all on floor 3 if you have the room or floor 2 etcGo visit your insurance agents in town, accountants, attorney's, sell them on moving to your place, have lunch with them, take them coffee/donuts etc - sell the place yourself, I certainly would not pay marketing for a broker nor sign an 18 mo contract with one.  

Our background is in Building and renovations and my wife works Body Corporate so we have a long history of involvement in property from all different angles and it makes for some very interesting discussions across the desk when we are on the hunt!

A local business number is a regular telephone number that is specific to a local area or city.

(The HomePath website seemed to simply refer buyers to their agents and regular loan sources.)Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

In residential with regular buyers the peak is the summer months as many families want to get kids in and settled before school starts.

The guy regularly gets expensive and lavish treatment from people wanting to convince him to invest in their projects.  

But are refinancing after they have it fixed and rented, but these properties already have all of this in place.So I see value in buying a property like this if the numbers work but would be with regular financing.

Frankly, I wasn't very sharp about guardianships but the kegal groups that I was active in were all happy for a warm body to organize grandparents as if baby ducks; people who were sadly trying to raise their grandchildren when kids were busy doing drugs or jail time.

I wouldn't want to go farther than Stockton/Modesto on a regular basis.