She works in retail management.

If that's your strategy, that's fine, but most agents are retail sellers of retail properties. 

Underwriting will be different depending on the business, for instance how and insurance underwriter mitigates risk will be different than residential multifamily will be different from commercial retail, etc but essentially everyone is doing the same thing: moving and limiting risk. 

I've been doing this for close to 2 months, and I've only got 1 listing that's a small 3 unit retail strip, and haven't got any tenants for it yet (been 2 weeks so far). 

There is not shortage of distressed real estate in and around Baltimore, and a lot of it is in neighborhoods with an active retail market.  

Hello I'm looking for someone in the Omaha area that's able to help me look at a NN retail property in small town & help walk me through the process.

As an investor, when I fix up my properties, I’m looking to sell them on the market for full retail value when finished.

I would say do all of the above, in order, at a measured pace.

@Carl Broadwater, I'm a former commercial developer so I've got a little experience here.You can use a local broker, somebody who specializes in your asset type (office, industrial, retail).Or you can use MLS, LoopNet, RedFin. 

If that store goes dark you might have a vacant retail space for year.