My thought was to clear the back acre, cover it with gravel (or millings)  and offer machine/equipment storage until the proper time to build the expansion.  

I also use Deal machine to help D4D.

However, like the alchemists in search of a formula for turning lead into gold and the inventors searching for a perpetual motion machine....hope springs eternal.

"So, how many active real estate agents and Realtors® are there?

Just tell your mom all of that blue paint will come out of the sheets if she puts two in the machine and runs it on hot.  

I know my way around a sewing machine, too.

Standard of Practice 1-3REALTORS®, in attempting to secure a listing, shall not deliberately mislead the owner as to market value.

As a CPM®, I get an annual income/expense report (would be more than happy to assist someone in going over it as well) for the entire country that is widely used by some of the nations largest PM companies and even some really successful CRE Brokers.I prefer to deal in actual data and know what the true expense averages are, per category, in my area when evaluating a deal.    

@Elizabeth Lee as you mentioned, the newer machines cost so much more than even a fairly significant repair that I typically try to repair them.

We have a few investments in real estate but another corporation just established as a machine shop we worked with for many years.