Now sellers can come up to different NOI number than buyers on analysis to justify what they want to buy for but that is another discussion for another day.If you really want to know what tenant demand is for your market a commercial retail leasing broker can do a (void analysis) report to see market conditions.Your current tenant might be only thriving so long because of the lower rent they are paying.

I could be wrong, but I am guessing that rents are not high enough in Elizabeth to justify spending a lot of money on restoration efforts, so if you did purchase the building, it would likely sit in its current state for many years. 

Your language suggests you are trying to justify bad behavior:"My bad credit wasn't from poor spending habits in fact I live very frugally."

Not sure which historic neighborhoods you're referring to but prices in Springfield and at the beaches are typically too high to justify it.

Ashe is for sure better bang for your buck than Watauga but be careful... it is going to quickly become too expensive to justify long-term rentals, I am guessing.

The extra cost of hardwood and tile is justified during turnovers where I am not replacing carpet which is where you are heading.

Fees should be clearly stated in writing, easy to understand, and justifiable.

The backups on drives came in handy as I emailed close to 2000 pages to the IRS agent justifying a myriad of expenses, property sales, resales, seller financed deals, title search docs & compete bank ledger entries by property.The audit was initially triggered by the $3,500 cost of several commercial property security systems (required by the Town Fire Dept) & subsequent cost for the also required 1st responder WiFi hookups.

I just want her to leave me alone and pay her rent on time.Would the court view her as justified in taking any action against me, by ignoring her requests for me to fill out that Landlord Verification form? 

To me, the slight cost savings that a container MIGHT pose over a traditional storage building is not justified given the "feel" that these containers have relative to traditional buildings.