Just recently closed our 12 year mostly profitable retail store Feb 19.

Can you imagine the massive impact on the housing market that would occur in the (unlikely impossible) scenario where this got enacted?

its out of area folks that tend to get hammered on these investments.. some work many don't.I have one client that I have funded over the years and he is of your same mind.. even with fresh rehab turn key they do very basics since they know the tenants are well tenants.I have others that will do rehab to a retail level..

The 9th and CO development is a little generic and franchise heavy but is a nice injection of retail into the neighborhood. 

Best bet would be to talk to some local commercial real estate brokers that specialize in retail and office leasing.They will be the ones in the know.That being said I like urgent care, medical, dental, eye dr, chiropractor etc they always make good long term retail/office flex tenants.

When investors buy a property it usually is smart to base the rehab and work off of RETAIL rates and see if the project still hits objectives.

You can find great realtors as said on Zillow and realtor.com, but remember a lot of these realtors are retail realtors and not investors.

We're usually able to negotiate 5-15% off the retail price they quote us.  

If she is wanting to walk away with 100k in cash then her best option is to list with a realtor but getting it sold in 2 months to a retail buyer could be difficult.

I do have savings to start investing but the extra $300k will give me a massive head start.