See how much brick you have in there - I bet you see quite a bit of broken pieces of brick and mortar.

Granted your risks are limited with the car purchase, where the RE purchase has the potential of unlimited risks, but over the long haul I'm betting on the RE investment as a low risk investment.

I know that we would do a confidentiality agreement saying that he cannot do RE with the strategies I teach him in a certain area for a certain amount of time, but is there any other things I should let the attorney know before he writes the contract?

Are you simply betting on the ability increase rents faster than expenses might increase?

Appreciation is NEVER guaranteed and betting on it is a like playing a lottery ticket.

K. you're probably right, 500K isn't an indication of either and I'd bet in some parts of MO, that could be very true, however, not in little old SW MO, not saying everyone is that smart, just smart enough to get good advice. :)

Use charcoal filters on your face mask; I bet the smell is less than amusing.

So using that one you could identify which areas were built using which materials.I know that doesn't directly answer your question but I'd bet there is a table somewhere that lists the codes and what type of area or material they corrospond to.

Commercial is not stuff so you can lock them out and than keep all of the items in the store for payment and breakage of lease.I bet if you change the locks and enforce the lease to the fullest extent of the law you might see a huge change in their attidudes

And I bet the best way to find out who's awesome in any given area is to ask other investors.