Investors are the ones that make coin from real estate, because they are the ones bearing the greatest risk of loss.

There was an old superfund in the 80s to clean up metal contaminants in the soil from the old mining activity, so maybe check into that if.

There's no shame in starting small to get your bearings straight but going straight for the home run may be a little bit over zealous.

That and that they are paying cash, which leaves them in a stable position to "not make a killing, but not lose if the stocks and bonds tank because they can basically adjust rents to get whatever the market will bear and still not be bleeding."

But didn't the most deadly terrorist attack on U.S. soil in history occur under Bush's watch?

She also said people will have many opinions and you will hear many things over your career.She said just imagine you have WD-40 on your shoulders and what goes in one ear comes out the other and then rolls away like a tumbleweed in the desert.The stuff people say has no bearing on me these days.

Will they cause a cavity as they decompose, or will their decomposition just create soil or something?

It's about what the market will bear in your exact area, and your tolerance for longer vacancy times if you try to raise the amount higher than justified by local comps.

what price point are you looking at.. this will have a bearing on the agents you work with or are willing to work with investors. 

Problem is if they remove it and find it was leaking, or any contamination in the soil nearby, then it can be very expensive to remediate, and at that point, you have spent the money and probably won't close, so you're out of pocket and did the seller a favor, which sucks.