And long before prices can even start to level off inventory has to increase.I am also long term bullish about the midwest: plenty of fresh water, no hurricanes, fires or other issues, a solid economy, low cost of living - the midwest is a classic underdog.

That report was a classic case of fluff on top that pumped the stock for about an hour and then everyone dumping when they dug in deeper. 

I know the “classic” answer to that will be to turn to family and friends and the like but that’s not applicable in my situation, and I don’t have the credit for a mortgage nor do I have the funds myself.

**Side Note: I work on classic cars as a hobby and this is actually known as the "If I'm doing this, I might as well do that while I'm in there" phenomenon. 

Recently getting calls from potential sellers interested in selling and feel that the house should be knocked down and repurposed for HPR.

Classic answer: it depends!

The above example is the classic example of, not necessarily the story of inflation, but someone plain and simply in the rat race - your average joe American: go to college, incur debt, get a low paying job not leveraging your degree, not able to cover or pay off the debt, and move along down life's line feeling sorry for themselves.

Not sure if you have the bandwidth to handle that but if you just did storage for seasonal items like that where they would have access to the items for 2 weeks in the spring and need to bring it back at some point in a 2 week span in the fall you could really back that thing full of RVS, Campers, classic cars, etc. 

@Ashish Yadav trip hazards are a concern in general...and especially concerning for older adults or individuals at risk of injury from a fall...after looking at the images, it looks like this entire room is sunken...assuming its a repurposed space?...

So maybe focus on Higher overall ROI, education with shorter time horizon, so you can repurpose the $25k on another project to keep learning.