Across the street is a high end condo complex, and kiddy corner there is a large lot owned by a a land rich guy who has a lot of random machinery and vehicles laying around which I admit, looks crappy, but is not a danger in any way.

@ Johnny KangIf you are investing in local retail type businesses, unfortunately, there are no useful metric, as it encompasses a number of factors.There's nothing like GRM, Capex etc. like in real estate, I wrestled with this through the years, even though I have an MBA in finance.I looked at dry cleaners and laundromats, and asking prices range from 2 to 3 times annual income, combined with whatever machinery or equipment comes with it.

I just talked recently to my sister-in-law with a similar issue you can't just add on anything about the trampoline to the least you can't do that legally she's a real estate attorney you can't legally add it on and technically a trampoline is not a toy it is a workout type of machinery it's almost like having a set of Weights outside or a punching bag if it's not specified already in the lease before you gave it to him legally there's nothing you can do and it would be extremely illegal to just add it in after they were already there and sign the lease you can't add into the next lease it's not how it works now if you had a apartment complex that would be different but if you're renting a home would they put in their backyard is none of your business they're renting your the home from you you can't control somebody's yard you can say yes you need to keep it clean but you can't tell them they can't have a trampoline or a swing set or any of the above in their backyard if they're running a home from you by law.

It is a commercial/retail business with some hard assets (biggest assets by far will be real estate and stainless steel tanks, and maybe any newer specialized machinery though that depreciates very quickly).

The drastic drop in numbers is attributed to the mechanization of America where the widespread use of machinery replaced horses and mules for power."

Thanks Bill,I guess where I kind of wonder is this:If I buy a tractor or some other piece of machinery vital to my operations, I can offset income with that, as it is a cost of doing business.

To my understanding, in previous years Section 179 only applied to 5 YR and 7 YR Personal Property; which includes vehicles, computers, peripheral equipment for 5 YR and furniture & fixtures, machinery, and equipment for 7 YR. 

Sure they flush through the toilet fine, but it's true they don't break down and get caught on tree roots and in the sewage treatment plant machinery.

Honestly, what’s the point of getting your license and really only learning to be “just one cog in the machinery?”

Logging requires a tremendous amount of machinery which takes time and money to relocate to a new job.