Personal opinion.. a couple restaurants/bars, a general convenience store, and a CVS/Rite-Aid would make a huge difference to foot traffic and a neighborhood feel. 

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

I would want to keep extra for reserves along with contingencies, plus if anyone in the area has stored away the 10,000 for a cost segregation details on that would be helpful too.

I currently am franchising stores for a few years now and am seeing the leases we sign and square footage we pay for. 

Although, as mentioned at the top, the pull chain switches are often a weak spot, however they are often easy to simply replace with an inexpensive, universal replacement switch from the hardware store.

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To me a slight in efficiency in storing money is a SMALL price to pay for the ability to act on an opportunity when it arises.

Is a store like Home Depot the spot to get these items?

Jobs, stores, roads, healthcare services, and gas stations can all be destroyed in a disaster, as is often shown in the news.

He had 6 or 8 stores.