Michigan City offers a big outlet mall for shopping, the beach and pier, biggest stores and restaurants in the surrounding areas, and is close to college locations.

One by one they would get fully funded and the Generals would shut them down.

Property was purchased, boarded up, title matters resolved, then sold to local developer for apartment and retail/restaurant use.

Be happy for the shut-in that finally got a girlfriend and tell them that with such a limited set of resources you're probably not going to renew the lease, but that you're incredibly happy for them, and that this would be great for them because they can get an apartment together and really spread out and become a family.

Most Profitable Note Deal - bought note secured by restaurant/bar facility with unpaid balance of $575,000 for $312,500, collected 20 months interest at 9.5%, and then received fulll payoff of $575,000Most Profitable Real Property Deal - purchased auto repair facility with environmental issue from bankruptcy court for $115,000; resolved environmental issue for less than $2,500 and sold property eight months later for $297,000Worst Note Deal - originated loan of $650,000 secured by RV/STR property in oil shale country with appraisal of $2,000,000.  

Some agents specialize in restaurants, some warehouses/industrial, some apartments, some tenant rep, some sales, some office sales, some hotels, or probably a whole host of other specialties.   

Currently, I own and operate a successful restaurant & brewing company in the PNW. 

In addition to being located on a major internal thoroughfare, the property provides easy access to numerous amenities nearby including grocery, gas stations, and restaurants.

Philly L&I will shut you down in an instant if they know you are doing work that requires permits - they may drive by, a neighbor may call it in . . .

I once bought a small, vacant mobile home park and found out later that the village had all but outlawed mobile homes, and nobody had ever had the water billing shut off and I was going to be billed around $160 a month.