I imagine other people might have good alternative suggestions too. 

What specifically are you wanting to learn?

There are a lot of site-specific issues you need to investigate before deciding what the land is worth to you.

The tax advantages of buying/holding gas stations are pretty great.Many of the components of gas stations including pumps, tanks, external parking areas, and other equipment are classified as either 5 or 15 year property so you can bonus depreciate a lot of it (minus the land value) and get significant deductions in year 1.With the 2025 bonus depreciation rate at 40%, a $1 million gas station acquisition could still lead to $100K+ in year 1 deductions depending on the specifics of your deal.

Hey Allen, When you approach the finance people, are you being specific in your request?

You need to provide a bit more specifics about the property, about the insights you want, etc.  

If you have specific questions about property management, I'll be happy to help!

I am just starting out with a STR and found that VRBO is not very specific if they are collecting the tax and paying it to the State as a marketplace facilitator or am I responsible for this tax collection and payment ?

This sort of thing is market specific.

@Aishan Gonaduwage what specifically have you read, and how OLD was it, about Detroit being on the decline?