Maybe they work for the fiber company and they want to put some kind of utility hub there.   

My thought is FLA is sandy soil and you simply dont have as much problem as other areas.. its very cheap insurance for a buyer.. and now a days 10 to 20k to replace the line is kind of the going rate..

  :)   She was kind of getting the idea, and I know being new she was trying to pelase people but i said you are talking aboug 5 people, you are not thinking of the 130 others, the more to come etc, you cannot let people walk all over u etc!!

For the seller (John) to defer capital gains via a 1031 exchange, the sale proceeds must be reinvested into like-kind property within 180 days.

I could maybe sign up with that theory if the GPs were using the side hustle money as a way of cutting or eliminating their fees & salaries altogether while they try to hang in long enough to hope for enough rate cuts to refinance or the market to unfreeze and let them unload at least at break-even, but I bet none of them do anything of the kind. 

And time freedom still incorporates working.

What kind of return you can accept depends wholly on you.

I definitely prefer to be an asset and not the kind of small business person that doesn't enrich or contribute. 

Google Sheets or any kind of spreadsheet will work just fine.

Would some kind of deal like this ever make sense to you?