Goes for all things, contractors, materials, legal (downloading online lease agreements versus paying for legal advice), and providing cheaper rents versus rehabbing the place. 

It’s definitely a numbers game as others have said, but if it is on the condemned list that can be tough to reverse sometimes.

The journey to get here has been a long one and doing this from Texas is tough.

I have and its very tough.

We did hundreds of these in years past when cash sales or sales were very tough to find. as pointed out its not as popular now because most folks can sell to new buyer who CAN get a new loan and cash everyone out.. 

I'm sure prices increased due to material shortages but that's roughly $1100 per window.

It's tough where I'm at for many buyers as well competing with all the cash offers.

In most cases that I can think of a retail tenant makes up a larger portion of the total building rent.Leases are shorter, so I can capture additional revenue when rents rise.Everyone needs a place to live, but not everyone needs to go to a retail store any more.When times get tough, like during a pandemic, is the government more likely to help people or stores pay their rent?

@Ryan Daniel Palmer - That's honestly a tough situation that stinks. 

If it's low, say 30% of the time, 2nds seem like a tough game unless you buy at huge discounts.