If you need it before the maturity of the CD then you can pull it out immediately and you'll just lose the interest you've accrued (or a portion of it).A more risky approach would be investing a portion (maybe 10k) into a stock fund like SPY. 

I would always buy new equipment to ensure you have your warranties.Also, it sounds like this guy is just trying to offload inventory, I would tell him you want he equipment sized properly.

Can your provide a little more information on the type/size of deal you are referring too?

He would get the rented out portion and there goes your hack.

I estimate the size to be 14x52, and it's been abandoned for the better part of 2 1/2 years.

Hello BP Members,I reside in San Gabriel Valley in california, about 15 minutes east of downtown LA.There is a good decent sized apartment complex not to far from where i live, i drive by there quite often, its on a corner lot right in the middle of EVERYTHING in a decent part of town!

These are personal expenses, and only a portion of them can be deducted via home officecannot treat drinks with your band as a business expense, with an occasional exception like maybe a celebration of a new album releasecannot deduct "business attire or stuff I will wear at a show."

So I suspect it really varies by area asset class size etc etc..

Some I have heard will just make you tear out the entire unpermitted portion and begin again.  

What size property are you looking for?