Despite concerns over store closures, demand for retail space surged in the second quarter of 2024.

If you don’t need all the cash immediately, you could store the unused portion in a high-yield savings account or line of credit for future investments.HELOC Option: Another alternative is to consider a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) on your paid-off rental.

On the other hand, if there is a large mall with major anchor department stores, good restaruants and Starbucks, you can be fairly ceertain that's a good neighborhood class. 

CEO Bruce Thorn noted Big Lots would close underperforming stores and focus on optimizing its store fleet.

Kinda like a slotting fee in a grocery store?

(I assume he owned a convenience store or something)  for $7,000. 

For curtain rods, charge him replacement costs; for curtains, go to a thrift store and see if you can find some that work and charge him depreciated value. 

Rate cuts could spur inflation again, which I think most people who go to the grocery store etc. really do not think its getting that much better and home prices are not falling dramatically. 

Even just a box store H&R Block type of professional if you don’t already use one to help maximize your deductions and write-offs from the real estate.

If it is truly a detention pond, the purpose of it is to temporarily store storm water.