You could have sent him to collections and this would destroy his credit, which could impact his ability to purchase a home, qualify for a car loan, and possibly even cost him his job.

After spending years in the car business, I decided to make a bold shift into real estate.

Having thoughts putting an offer in for a car dealership lot in the intercity (Class C neighborhood) that I would like to lease long term NNN.

I'm not going to buy a car from someone without a driver's license, and I won't buy an investment property from someone that has never owned one.Whether you are an investor or not, you need to really understand investments.

I equated a car owner to what you insist is invariably an "elderly individual" or a "widow" (as far as I know car owners come in different ages, genders, marital statuses, mental capacities and etc.).

You can use old cars, appliances, mannequins, furniture, etc.  

Does the car work?

Red daisies, red sunflowers, red cars... you completely lost the point that it needed to be a rose.This is what is happening here.

In addition any business that built a new facility got the write off thats why most of your car dealers there all built new facilities ..

Go back to your mansion with your 7-car garage and focus on your biz.