If you acquire a small parcel of land in residential part of the city and you want to put a sign on that parcel that will display advertisement of any legal businesses e.g. “we buy houses” or “New Printing Shop Jus...

I wouldn't say I am against them, but from what I hear with having space rent, needing to register it as a vehicle (in Oregon at least)..it sounds a little more complicated than I would like to get into at this stage.

Ballpark...What kind of loan can I expect to get with a credit score of 653/653/684, $120,000 in available cash,to put down, an annual salary of $112,000 (72 in salary, 40 variable comp), have been steadily employed by the same employer for eight years, zero debt including no mortgage, and very low monthly expenses considering I get a prepaid company vehicle complete with free gas, free auto maintenance and repairs, and a free iPhone with data and calling plan.

I work full time, aside from that, this passed year I have flipped two vehicles as a part time job/hobby.

Gas cost for your vehicle would be around about $40/week (160/month) and this does not wear and tear on the car.

The point about expenses was in support of the fact that the asset is self supporting so you aren't paying for things like management and taxes since your tenant is paying all of those indirectly.And as you said that study is looking at a single variable in the investment equation, if we were to say it's a waste of time based on that one variable we could show that any investment vehicle is a waste of time based on a single variable

And u have option to invest is so many vehicles, student rental by universities, rentals servicing the bedroom community of big employers.

Of course, you also have to factor in your cost and return of forced appreciation against the margin, since you now have a vehicle for secondary investment that may be superior to the other option(s). 

And, that real estate was a great vehicle to accomplish it.And then I wanted to get down to making it happen.Good luck!

I currently work in the oil and gas industry in Houston TX.My wife and have agreed that is we want to become more financially independent we would have to find a vehicle to help us achieve that goal.