It will be a good idea as long as there is someone you trust managing the property.

Clause and letting her bake cookies in the property, I was wondering if any of you experienced folks have interesting ideas to attract commercial tenants?

Does anyone have any ideas to keep the drywall cost down? 

.$1,000 per week is "high wages" for this community.The building is large enough to support a large number of kids.Sixteen kids per week equals $2,000 Twenty four kids per week equals $3,000I can't make $3,000 per week turning this into a duplex.Someone mentioned turning it back into a church and that is a good idea - I like it because it can be done while I'm doing these other things and just have that as additional income!

But I want any ideas as to how and where to start.What Action steps can I take?

Ideas? 

I can't speak to the Canadian market, but I would think that you would be able to find similar resources and ideas from the broad spectrum of people on BP, as well as around the internet. 

She wasn't too keen on the idea. 

We are looking into the idea of getting grants to help us start out.

Here is an idea for you.The best private lenders might be your existing partners.