The reason I ask, is that a friend of mine bought a minority piece of a business, and after putting 60k in, the majority partners simply ran it into the ground, and literally squeezed out all of the minority owners to the point that they walked away with nothing.I'm not suggesting that's what your partners here are going to do.

Each little piece of info is in it's own cell.

Had to hold the property too.If you deal with the elderly, you'll get this, they may not really be hoarders as we think of them, but going through the depression meant you didn't through away a piece of sting that could be used for a shoe lace.

So if it breaks, hopefully pieces don't come crashing down on you.Example

So find a $20k or so piece of raw land.

Of the metal exterior pieces I have seen once they start rusting they USUALLY have to be replaced.

If you select a good list, and use a mail piece that gets the phone ringing then you should be able to get a deal with a relatively small investment. 

My partner is a timber framer (specialty builder who uses oversized pieces of lumber to build houses, barns, etc. - think old world castle builder) so he cut some 9" x 9" posts and a beam out of Douglas Fir to replace the load bearing wall. 

What this equates to is instead of a 2,000 leather sofa lasting 10 years they have a piece of crap that is 15 years old handed down many times falling apart in few months.

I doubt my sector president or HR even knows my name unless it came on a piece of paperwork.