This specific property had a crawl space, that in a typical market, I feel would have been more difficult to sell, without a significant updating cost from my end.

Management is usually not as intensive as say multifamily but still has work so need to make sure you are getting extra yield for return over a single tenant NNN property that is investment grade.The amount of work with a retail center depends on the tenant mix of national, to regional, to mom and pop tenants.As far a tenant going dark you the landlord will then have to entice another tenant to lease the space and everything is negotiable as to lease structure, landlord TI's, leasing commissions, etc.

Investment Info:Office Space hard money loan investment in Pontiac.

Granted, that's the nature of my occupation as a handyman, but still, it would take a LOT to get me away from her if I were still teaching, for instance.So if on top of that he's burning his income on a nice place for hisself instead of something small and tight and cheap so more money goes home to his wife and/or children, that would be a red flag for me.

Does anyone know if its possible to fix Jalousie windows that leaks air, so that they can shut tightly?

You make your money when you buy, and I'm not in a space where I want to kill myself trying to find or "make" a deal in this market. 

I'm married with soon to be 5 kids, so I need the rest of the space, but when I'm ready to move on, itll provide a great space for larger groups too.Thanks!

Not to promote fraud or anything, but if you are spacing out your work then maybe you won't need to pull a permit.

Please invest in yourself from professionals in the creative space. 

Since this doesn't work for us.Your market looks tight already and sounds like you won't have an existing banking relationship to work from.