You can also purchase a small retail or office building where you still need to take care of the taxes but your tenants manage everything else.

My focus these days is centered on more traditional investment properties (multifamily, self-storage, mobile home parks, retail, etc).

All told, about eight acres, designated as a combination of medium high density mixed use (retail plus up to 21 residential units/acre) and medium high residential (10-21 units/acre.)

They say strategic defaulters typically have higher FICO scores, lower revolving balances, fewer instances of exceeding the limits on credit cards and lower overall retail credit card usage.So much for being a good financial steward.

When we had massive inflation in the 1970's, people who owned real estate got rich.

This prevents most retail buyers from picking up the houses, and keeps the asking price of REO's very low.

Commercial is highly specialized.I stay in retail and large multifamily spaces.Sounds like you need to hand this off for a referral fee or this client is just trying to use you on their dime to get Costar access.Doesn't sound like a win either way.

I sold 4 unit multifamily in Auckland NZ last year and paid off the debt on the Block of 5 retail shops and flat and never looked back. 

One lady says take her off the mailing list, some retail sellers call and about 3-5 solid leads come in.

Retail expansion in Goodyear has finally started to take off again over the last 2 years.