Provide excellent property, elegant design, quality service, cleaner than their own home. 

However service based businesses, by design, will never be able to move online and will continue to draw traffic to these centers.

@Marcus Auerbach.....most of my friends are car guys who own classics like Grand Nationals....1964 impalas.....442s.....Chevelles....things like that......Cars are my first passion...lol.....again if you need any help in Indy let me know.

Hi Karen, There seem to be a few sites out there that are designed to help landlords in your situation.

@David EdwardsA good resource if you want to get in touch with other investors in the Grand Rapids area.https://m.facebook.com/groups/182655905635323

My dad and I as of December 2018 have remodeled 90% of our house, including a full bathroom and full kitchen (with the brilliant designing of my wife Stephanie!!)

.| I know the fundamentals of how to design a letter and postcard with a proper message.However I dont feel a newsletter, market Updates or similar materials are useful for multi family owners.

If you are building them right (cost and design), you should be able to get 20% equity upon appraisal and closing.  

Also, there's a meet-up group in the Grand Forks area led by Glenn that you can find on meetup.com, too.Hit me up if you're ever in Fargo; it'd be nice to talk real estate over coffee/lunch to another AD AF member!

I work for an engineering firm that designs a lot of marinas.