Take that councilman or whoever to lunch, coffee or spend 15 minutes with them discussing the situation.

And before I started in this biz, I already had the advantage of having personally owned 3 different houses (one of which was an REO fixer), had helped my dad build a house when I was younger, had taken "shop" classes in HS, had a BS and Master's in engineering plus over 10 years of engineering and project management experience.

Except for the plumber they all are small shops.

Shop the materials at Home Depot.

You have to think, if this was your 200K, who would you lend it to; someone who sends you a postcard in the mail or someone who calls you on the phone and arranges a meeting at a coffee shop.

"Could I buy you lunch or a coffee some time, I would love to talk more to you about the business?"

Might have to think of another use for the 2nd floor.Was also thinking of a wine shop.

I am fairly busy over the next couple weeks, but we should try to get some of the members on this site from the northland out for coffee or a meet-up in the mid-June time frame.

It's a Starbucks, yogurt shop, and Subway on a parcel in a large shopping center in a great area at 8.26% cap.

Just meet for coffee a few times and see where it goes.