You will need TI's and leasing commission reserves for the new tenant to go into one of your spaces in the strip center.Most risky is mom and pop dominated strip centers in far out suburban to rural locations.You have to know if you have all gross leases, all NNN, or a mix of the two.

I have no background in real estate except when I bought our house.

Based on Marc’s criminal background I wouldn’t want the liability of him managing my tenant relationships. 

For example, skip tracing and background checks (not employment or tenant, as they disallow that.) 

You'll be doing a "real" background check before you rent to them anyhow.

But that's just to give you a bit of background.

Condo associations/developments have to pass a background check for financial stability before they will lend and the check can take up to a year.

He has not threatened to do harm to me personally, but behaves aggressively and threatened to be my enemy.Also- I did a background check...$40 and nothing came up, though the police screen listed things when I went to see them.

That's the background information you need to know.A coworker offered to sell me her duplex on owner-financing at a VERY LOW 5% downpayment and no closing costs.

I will ascertain her landlord references as well as credit and background in the next day or so I just wanted to shoot this out here to see if others had experience in dealing with structured settlement.