Fast forward a year... that 4plex is rehabbed, fully rented out, and cash flowing $500 per door. 

I figure getting a saved search set up with a few commercial brokers would make finding larger scale commercial deals that I could present to him easier, allowing me to provide more value to the relationship.

One example is someone told me recently that a red toned door was hot now, in their area at least.

My question is if there is any law/fire rule against locking the front door if they have another door and other paths of egress.

Commercial brokers typically do not have time to be bombarded by questions when in a transaction just so someone not buying can get (trained up).Reminds me of a car audio business sign I saw one time hanging in the front door decades ago.

Maybe even take a drive to other apartment complex's and ask the manager or employee about it and see why they do or don't have one.

As always in any situation with a tenant, it is best to build rapport with them and have an open door so if financial troubles were to appear, you are on the short list of notification of such events, and work with them towards a situation that makes everyone as whole as possible.

We are extremely excited about our new real estate adventure and due to our circumstance, this seems to be the best way for us to get our foot in the door as well as get in our very first place together this year.

If the goal is to save the princess, would you set off on your journey wearing flip flops and a t-shirt and plié straight through to the dragons lair and knock on the door or would you let Princess Kashmir sleep a little longer while you saved up for some armour and a sword?

So go knock on their doors.