What about things like cell phone bills, seed for the lawn?

I planted the seeds in the spring (when the market was down in 2009) and am not harvesting in the fall while the market is up.

You'll probably learn a lot more that way and can use the $15k for a seed money and marketing.

Often the grass will come back with water and mowing and maybe a little top seeding.

The neighborhood was a "weed and seed" grant area with extra enforcement.I am just thankful they were late with the rent so I could evict them because if I was still waiting for vice I wouldn't have a property left!

We've thought about having an auction and taking highest bidder, didn't know if that was a better idea or not.This farmland you expect Corn to yield 150-200 bushel/acre, and you are probably grossing $750-$800/acre.well splitting up in 3rds you could ask $250/acre to rent, it'll cost $250/acre to plant seed/fertilizer and everything else, giving the renter projected $250/acre profit.$250/acre on $3000 acre land is 8 1/3 % interest, didn't know if that number is considered good in this part of the country (NW MO).

The grass looks like it has some bare spots so I'd invest in a bag of fast growing grass seed.

What you've found out is flipping isn't the answer as a substitute for income...cash flow is, but you need to flip to get the cash to buy the cash flow.This isn't a "Chicken and egg" scenario though.Here's how I do/did it:1 - Take your initial money (seed money) and grow it by flipping it and reinvesting the profit back into it.2 - Repeat step until you reach a certain point (only you can decide this $ Number) where you no longer need to grow your seed money. 

I'm a humble hard working, frugal, mom and pop landlord and I've experienced how the LAHD, a couple bad seed tenants can make your life a living hell here.  

You just throw some seeds in the ground, higher a few illegal immigrants for slave wages and sell the stuff to grocery stores right?