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Tag: Missouri

Local Spotlight / Service Areas
Wesley Upchurch

Inspecting Cape’s Rental Market: The Investor’s Guide to Multi-Unit Deferred Maintenance

Rental properties in Cape Girardeau don’t usually fail all at once. They decline slowly, unit by unit, repair by repair, until deferred maintenance starts compounding in ways that aren’t obvious during a casual walkthrough. That’s especially true in older multi-unit properties near SEMO University, where turnover is high and repairs

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Local Spotlight / Service Areas
Wesley Upchurch

Commercial “Big Box” Inspections in the Cape West Parkway Expansion

Fast growth leaves fingerprints, and nowhere is that more obvious than in Cape Girardeau’s expanding commercial corridors. Along Cape West Parkway and Siesta Drive, large retail and mixed-use buildings went up quickly to meet demand. Speed keeps projects on schedule, but it also creates predictable inspection problems once the doors

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Commercial Inspections
Wesley Upchurch

Commercial Property Condition Assessments (PCA) in the SEMO Corridor

When I review commercial inspection reports coming out of Southeast Missouri, especially from Cape Girardeau and Sikeston, the gap between a residential inspection mindset and a commercial one becomes obvious fast. A lot of investors cut their teeth on houses, then step into older retail or warehouse properties assuming the

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