Our bread and butter is Commercial Properties (Retail and Multifamily), but in the near future would like to look outside of the Midwest for other investments.

Greg, I've dealt with the challenges of trying to find a use for dead space and there are a couple words of advice I can give you:1) Retail space is never attractive to potential tenants lying vacant.  

It's a marginal deal at best were the seller is wanting a premium price.Your profile however says you want to get out of your profession and to be free.Putting 80,000 of your hard earned cash on a retail deal isn't going to help you escape the rat race.

It was actually a bed bug problem, which has been getting much worse here in Anchorage, I hear.

Originally listed on 5/1/2014 It says right in description: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Description ( kept company listed private) Real Estate is pleased to offer for sale this prime retail investment located in the heart of Cooks Corner in Brunswick, Maine.

Also could I buy the property close to retail then assign to a buyer who can't get financing but has cash?

How's the retail market?

So a few main things you normally want to do is to get the basic info over the phone, how many beds, baths, garages, sq. ft. if facing foreclosure or other hardship(usually asking why are you looking to sell), do they owe a mortgage, are they the only owner, if there are any repairs that are needed, and how much are they looking for.With this you can do some due diligence before going out.

Just missed out on a short sale in Colorado springs. 3 bed 3 bath, listing price was 105K, I put in for 120K, someone outbidded me.

It's 1 bed 1 bath ranch home with 6000 sq ft of land.