I'd say do whatever makes you the most money, with the least headache/effort possible. 

That's the difference in your example, you'd be the one offering consideration and your landlord receiving it.As it's a business lease, most likely the consideration you offered to change the lease would be a deduction for you.The landlord would report your consideration offered as taxable income and relet the floor space given up to make himself whole (or better than whole for his time and effort).

You may spend a little more money on advertising and staging but if it rents a few weeks or a month early, then your effort will more than pay for itself.

In my effort to find more deal opportunities, as soon as I got the most recent one under contract, I have had a few more promising deal opportunities pop up.

Personally I am of the opinion that you either need to have capital, which right now you really don't have much of, or knowledge, which you can get with significant effort over a fair amount of time, or you can be one of the shining stars who can use your elbow grease and your hustle to pull down some kind of deal like a "wholesale" property.

As far as local markets to focus on, Ogden/Weber County area is where a lot of people are focusing their efforts, but it is all about making the deal work.https://www.utahreia.org/https://uvreia.com/https://slreia.com/https://www.nureia.org/

I've been spending most of my efforts around general education of syndication and practicing deal analysis with the limited knowledge I have.

While this venture will undoubtedly be difficult, if I can focus a full-time effort on what is expected to be a part-time one, success will come more rapidly.

Shutting off utilities that they are responsible for is likely your PMs effort to building a case to remove them.

Oil heating system needs much time and effort to take care of it3.