It's a job, not an investment.Real wealth is built by holding property for a long time.If you save $6,000 a month, that's over $60,000 available to invest in one year, with a little held in reserve for emergency maintenance issues.

We plan to open reservations now for next summer (2025) and want to avoid the mid-week vacancies.  

While the cash allocation is somewhat high, it serves as a reserve for our rental properties and future real estate investments, held in a high-yield savings account.

@William SilvaSaving up for down payment and 6 months’ reserves for each property I own became onerous.  

Another issue is the gas station includes a liquor store so opening a new company to buy out business would mean losing the age of liquor license which may be beneficial in the future if they pass a law on permitting more liquor licenses to existing holders. 

But if you are listing on Airbnb and/or VRBO, they are going to comprise 95% or more of your reservations, even if you invest heavily in your own marketing.  

Wanted to start a thread and hopefully gain some insight into folks who have purchased automotive dealership lot/store fronts and leased them out? 

Further, it's always a good idea to do due diligence into the association itself to make sure it has adequate reserves in case of any large future expenditures.

If you use up almost all of the 30 k in the down payment you may not have enough reserves in case of emergency.

I positioned mine near Case Western Reserve University and the hospital system, and that has been a major advantage.