Picture American Pickers dust and cobwebs.I contacted someone who does estate sales and a junk hauling company.

Coming in and out of a big bag of dog food, crawling in an out of straw bales that she has piled up. 

I've been chewed out twice by coworkers after handing out bags of Christmas candy and making up a flyer for a department Christmas dinner - they were both Jehovah's Witnesses and were quite offended (I didn't know, was just trying to be nice).

Mexico just barely started doing mortgages during the bubble as US folks were using their refi money to buy places, then the crash hit and the banks there were left holding the bag.  

Because you could theoretically take it out having it satisfies their requirement of having that money actually sitting in an account settling dust, which is pretty handy if you are strapped in the first place:).As far as the frugality I think it is crucial to any type of investing that you are able to control your discretionary spending.

With young tenants, hardly home, their regular garbage fits into a bag the size of a lunch, and when thrown into a 30 gallon pail, get blown over by a slight breeze rolling around the sidewalk and street.

Based upon Linda's response, you better pack your bags and move back to New York.

Job transfer, death in family, something sudden and drastic.It is a good tool to have in your belt, but it can be in the hidden bag in the back because, if used properly for the right property, it doesn't get used much @Tashzieanna MinterAs a primary strategy, you will starve or make mistakes forcing it on the wrong properties and wrong situations in my opinion.

I sold fuller brush door to door.. was good at it but 50 bucks a week was not going to cut it.. bagged groceries for 2.18 an hour which was pretty good with 25 cent gas. and I dreamed of being a checker with the 10 dollar an hour pay and what would I do with all that money. 

Anyway, you can find commercial properties on LoopNet (mixed bag), through local commercial brokers, and occasionally on the MLS.