I’ve never opened a mail drop store, so I can’t speak to that, but I’ve noticed that a lot of investors are turning to pad splits as an alternative strategy.

There’s a “Cub foods” grocery chain in MN that’s closing stores left and right after 40-50 years in locations.

I currently run a couple of mobile phone stores.

It saves me a bunch of money and time.In one of the towns the only hardware stores are Ace and True Value.

There are gurus out there who will tell you when seller financing to have the borrower sign a deed in lieu at closing so if they stop paying you can just record the deed in lieu. Every attorney I have ever talked to h...

Quote from @Bernice Dezelan: Hello, How do you comp a property that is 12,000 sq ft and mixed use 3 vacant store fronts and apartments above?

Buy some 5 gallon buckets with lids.Buy the following and store in buckets or 2 liter bottles.50 lb bag chickpea or garbanzo beans     50 black beans. 50 pinto beans.       50 rice50 Idaho potato50 red potato50 onions50 carrotsBulk pasta, or make it yourself(cheaper but a lot of work).Meat:Large spiral cut ham 20 lbPork tenderloin- 20 lb cut into boneless pork chops.Cheapest roast 20 lb.

Companies like CFA do much more in depth market analysis and research than I know I ever have done so some latch onto the back of those companies and look to invest in areas that these large companies are opening new/more stores in as a starting point. 

Quote from @Patricia Perdomo: "I saw a rotten apple at the grocery store for $1.

Basically a way to transact and store value without any middlemen (banks, governments, etc).