It cost me $8k to buy a little box trailer and fill it with equipment. 

Most aren't equipped to do that, most don't have the strength to weather ups & downs, and most run in the direction of the masses. 

        $150k to pay ourselves something to live off of, for new equipment, to grow the shop if we can, it's not just all pocket $.

And if it's not on sale, it's not the right equipment.

.- 100% bonus depreciation allows you to fully expense purchased assets (think of equipment or any that has a depreciable life under 15 years) in the year acquired. - The EBITDA add-back computation for the interest expense limitation allows you to be fully able to expense your interest expense. 

Do you purchase and maintain your own equipment and collect all revenues?

HVAC/R, Plumbing, electric, lineman, welder, diesel mechanic, heavy equipment operator.

For the past 20 years the town had put all the proceeds back into maintaining and improving the course as much as possible but had made little to no capital equipment purchases beyond the carts and the bare minimum of maintenance to the club house.

This week, we couldn't find an endodontist in our plan with the right equipment, and with a call to our health plan, they found one, and gave us the name, but 10 miles away.

Expected cash flow should be your best projection of the cash flow and should have a vacancy estimate, PM costs, Cap expense estimate, maintenance estimate, any utility costs, and misc fees that often are calculated over the sum of RE investments such as LLC, umbrella coverage, office expenses (space/help/equipment), car mileage, etc.