Two years ago he was a retail buyer and couldn't find anything to purchase in Denver.  

It really depends on the asset (e.g. single family, multifamily, retail, etc.)

Most of the furniture retailers we typically use have been slowly increasing their prices, so the average cost to furnish now is, perhaps, around 15-20% higher than it'd be in a typical year.

Just being human & treating people like people will go a long ways, always empathizing with tenants.The biggest one was me helping my tenant get proper permits & licenses (store owner in a commercial retail strip) which I had inherited when I bought the building.

In general trying to 'save' the 1 or 2% isn't worth it for what you're giving up not being represented by a quality agent.I always sell my rentals FSBO, but they are mid-grade, not retail.

Hey @Denise Frazier, I'd second what Jeremy said above . . . fish from the contractor pool in Knoxville (I sure hope they won't refuse to work there), or clean it up and wholetail it (wholesaling, but to a retail end user via the MLS usually). 

I have a 5 unit mixed use office building, a six unit office building and just built a 20,000 sf loft and retail mixed use building and there were no standard minimum liquidity requirements for any of them. 

My tenants are now a CrossFit Gym, a retail store and a hair salon.

It depends on a few things, you have to calculate the ARV (After Repair Value) so this is the retail value after the house is fixed up.

I am a licensed contractor so I have my guys that fix them up for me and then I sell retail.