I still have an electric bill every month, but it is cut down by about 50% most of the year and 60-70% in the summer.Generally speaking, during daytime hours, I am supplying my own electricity PLUS "selling back" electricity to the grid. 

If we buy it, we can have more parking space for use for both properties, mainly at night time bc # 1 property uses the parking lot mainly in the daytime.  

He would likely use the commercial space only during daytime hours.  

If possible, visit in both the daytime and at night. 

The 45 day time limit to identify 3 properties pushes us forward.

i have an interesting issue i would like some feedback on. i have a flip house that i recently sold ( well, kind of recently). i signed the purchase agreement with the buyer on november 10, 2014. he was kind of pushy on getting the closing done. he said he wanted to close on it before the end of the year ( 2014). i was fine with that. it included doing some repairs which is not unusual. i completed the repairs before the end of the year, which included some roofing work, in the middle of december. we scheduled a closing date of january 5, 2015. his bank then announced to me that they would not be ready to close then. we re-scheduled to january 15th. still, they were not ready to close. long story short, since then, tey have never been ready to close. i have had to initiate the 7 day " time is of essence" rule and  demand that they close in 7 days. that was late march. we scheduled the closing for april  6th. on april 6th, they announced that they were not ready to close, but were close. we decided to give them a 10 day extension. april 16th came around and they came up with a list of repairs that they wanted me to do before they would close. they claimed these repairs were on the original contract, which they were NOT as i have the contract right in front of me. well, i did the additional repairs, and rescheduled the closing date to april 23rd. april 23rd has came and went and according to them, they are close to closing. the deal is in the hands of the underwriters, but they still have not set a closing date. here we are, nearly 6 months after signing the purchase agreement and they still have not closed on their VA loan. i am about ready to put this place back on the market and see what kind of action i get from it. does anyone have any advice on what i can do to make them close on this thing?????

Because we're generating power during the daytime, I switched to a billing plan where they charge $0.20 per kWh from Noon-7pm on weekdays and $0.06 per kWh any other time.

BTW the property @Scott Trench mentioned listed on the MLS at 2:13 pm and was changed to under contract at 3:00 pm the same day. Time

I believe also the time frame is a consideration, so if you apply at several mortgage companies within a 30 day time period would be less of an impact.

You would need to put the properties into a portfolio and take a discount on the properties because of the 180 day time limit proposed with the 1031 exchange.