You may want to find out what you can legally add to a future lease.

And if so, to what % of "ok, this could happen" did you hold? 

I have done it successfully on my last 2 buildouts, maybe 3, but only because I was able to acquire the properties at a very low price and I did all the work in-house (myself and some hired hands on staff).

Congrats on what you have accomplished already! 

In our area, it is rare to find a gas station where the real estate is owned by the operator.

From all of that data, it's abundantly clear to me that any rental that has debt doesn't really cash flow.

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What is the point behind having paid off real estate, if you lose it later in life to oppressive taxes?

@Brett K. we manage in Class C areas, so have to deal with this a lot.Options:1) Boardup - pretty useless as easy to rip the off and advertises the property as vacant.2) Armor Guard door frame reinforcement with temp double-key deadbolts.

Little did I know it would take decades to ripen :)3. bought a foreclosure sale .. traded the house for the 3 acres the person who owned the house.