If I was guess I would say minimum of 100k to buy the equipment .. then you have staff and that is always an issue.she also has an ATM  but that has caused her to get broken into a few times.. but it does create revenue.and its a lot of work.. she also serves light food  breakfast sandwiches  lunch  sandwiches etc. you need commercial coolers in the back to store the gallons upon gallons of milk etc.I have seen out our way these do pretty good and that's the little mini drive through stands that are manned by one person and or two max.. all in a little trailer with drive lanes on both sides.. hitting the commuter traffic. you get permission to put one in a shopping center parking lot that kind of thing.  

Then go to a home goods store and charge about $1000 of staging decorations—pillows, Knick-knacks, fake flowers and plants, throw blankets.

After all, a low pot is coming from Canada who has the best manufacturing and growers and this would screw Mexico's drug cartels (if those walls ever get built).Issues that operators face Politics aforementionedDifficult to get lending - some banks have an outright banIt's the wild wild west - similar to the Crowdfunding sites where companies are jockeying for dominance to be the eBay or Amazon of the spaceWays to Invest In Cannabis Repurposed industrial space to store inventory as well as growing CannabisBuy the ETF like MJGive an unsecured loan or invest in a Fund that funds operatorsInvest in a syndication/private placement

I tell PotentIal tenants it’s usually quiet unless of coarse a gun goes off In a drIve by or the police are arresting someone with their sirens on .i also tell them it’s just a short walk down down the lItter lIned street to our frIendly liquor store and there’s a charmIng little ma and pa corner store that sells cigarettes ,rolling papers, and lotto tickets - all the essentials.

Have you already priced out the granite at the big box stores?

Large grocery store within 1 mile. 

You can get messed up exterior paint at any paint store and see if it works for you.

I do have a “safety” stockpile account where I store money for these purposes: taxes, returned security deposits, etc.I have a w-2 job and am having taxes taken out for that.

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Being a violent, sexual predator, isn't like stealing from the local store.