If you do stand out in terms of strengths and don't have clearly defined roles and responsibilities, don't expect outsized returns.But yeah, less general let me answer to your questions briefly: 1) Do you buy an empty building, restore it and wait until you get tenants?

@Mark Ainley Honestly, I left Elgin because I couldn't stand it there.

Assumption of a loan is a stand alone idea.  

One of the first things we did was drive around out properties and make sure all the big old trees were still standing.  

You want to make sure they pay their bills on time and have good standing accounts.

I have decent credit and have been a long standing bank client with a small town bank.  

Over a few years, one should be able to build off of that where eventually, the business would be able to stand on it's own (hopefully).  

However, the series are not stand-alone legal entities in their own right–at least not technically–but in many respects they act as if they are.

The .tk in the domain stands for Tokelau (a territory of New Zealand).

not to worry about an opening bid, its not what you open with it is about the final bid that countsdon't jump in and be the first bidder, wait to see what others are bidding, when the bidding slows down to almost a stop, that is when you may want to consider a bid (if it is the price you set for yourself)at the auction, try to stand parallel to the auctioneer, this way you can see who is bidding and who is not ----- meaning at times the auctioneer will create false bids in order to get the price up.