I used to be against condos because I didn't want to deal with hoa, I believe they are all crooks who steal money and they take away many of your freedoms (you can't park your bike here, why did you scratch the tile here)However, I realized for a noob who doesn't know what the hell he is doing, a condo is much less risky than a house.

From there, we moved to FL and I found several houses by driving around or riding my bike in the neighborhood.3.

You can store this how you want; 80% HYSA, 20% equities is fine.

My groups probably never look at influencers or care what they have to say.Most of our folks are either families, extended families or groups riding the bike trail.I think it could work is some instances, but I would have to ask myself, "Do I want that sort of guest?"

Another issue is the gas station includes a liquor store so opening a new company to buy out business would mean losing the age of liquor license which may be beneficial in the future if they pass a law on permitting more liquor licenses to existing holders. 

Wanted to start a thread and hopefully gain some insight into folks who have purchased automotive dealership lot/store fronts and leased them out? 

Now, if real estate is something you do want to do, that's a different store.

Copper is expensive, you want to use pex (and make sure they don't buy the cheap stuff from the big box store).

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books on this topic, or you can learn about it by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

Such an income must meet three requirements:Rents outpace inflation: Every time you go to the store, it takes more money to buy the same goods.