If they must do it that way, do all your shopping around in a short time span (I think it must be in less than 30 days).

There is no real shopping and outside of fast food, there is no real dining in the area.

I would like to know the group name also, because I have attended a seminar in which it cost 1200 for the 3 day work shop but if you attend the 2 hour seminar they would only charge you $197.

During that period I would bicycle through neighborhoods near my apartment, navigate around the occasional (occupied) but unattended body bag to look at abandoned industrial space that I could have picked up for $30/sf.  

 Tons of shopping tons of resturants lots wine lotsxof things to do.

"shop around") and see who can be most competitive.

Almost $165 billion of mortgages for skyscrapers, shopping malls and hotels are due this year.While financial-market conditions “have improved considerably in recent months,†the markets for ABS and CMBS “are still impaired and seem likely to remain so for some time,†the Fed and Treasury said.The central bank said it doesn’t intend to make other types of collateral eligible for the program, indicating officials rejected adding residential mortgage-backed securities after considering such a move for several months.

How much asset protection it gives you is situational, if you don’t operate your business ethically, it doesn’t matter if it’s in an LLC or a wet paper bag: you’ll get hit hard.

This is why I highly recommend shopping for Realtors that can embrace the "new way of working" and offer alternatives that can set them apart from the rest while meeting the increasing demand from millennials (largest buying segment in the US).   

In other words, I don't think retail shops can afford to pay much more rent in most places, unless people start spending more.