@Dave Ventura, I always recommend to invest for cash flow not appreciation but try to invest in the path of progress to increase your chances of an appreciation bonus. 

This makes me lean toward multi tenant to justify the cost - however that also comes with an increased up front cost as well as way more up front crash course learning with the business and tenants themselves.

I'm considering taking $100 off rent for Nov/Dec/Jan to compensate for the increased electric bills.

This year all of DFW has only seen about 1% growth in rent increase.   

Cincinnati is a strong Midwest market, but as investor interest has increased, so have seller expectations.

Listing agent may just be trying to increase offer price?

It depends on how hard it is to find tenants in winter and how much the increase is. 

The market right now is golden with increasing times in the near future but we all know the crash is coming.

i.e. cafe, lounge area, art gallery space, co-working creative space.I would first like to:1) Build up a larger client base for my brand online and see the the need for a brick and mortar location2) Evaluate the trend of brick and mortar retail / coworking space going forward3) Store up enough cash reserve to accommodate the increase operating expense tied with a commercial retail lease4) Gain commercial residential experience which in my opinion has less risk of vacancy. 

.- Their capital gains is limited since they've taken a large chunk of cash out on a refi and the increased value of the rehabbed units covers enough that I can cash flow on the new "full price" after I refinance them.