I pulled everything I had via HELOC and all my dry powder into Tesla and now have enough to retire on the French Riviera.  

There is risk, much more than most people understand.My guess is 90% of the people have no money, so they are really trying to start, run, maintain some kind of a profitable business on a shoestring....wouldn't matter if it is real estate, dry cleaning, restaurant, snow cone stand, or whatever....doing it with no budget and no money is very very very tough. 

I'm not too keen on emptying the Colorado to the point that it's dry by the time it gets to Mexico, either.  

You have a very dry sense of humor. ;-) Keep it up.Aa they say in the "gator lending community".

If possible, reduce or eliminate water going down the drains until the drainfield dries out.

No such thing as 100% risk free...In dry areas trees too close can be a fire risk.  

The well turned out to be a 48 ft gravel well that ran completely dry, while we had guests at the house. 

Hair cut, karate school, gym, restaurant, doctors office, dry cleaners ( the new green kind ) so no EPA issues down the line.These are places where the customers have to go there and spend money to do business.I am not interested in clothing stores, hobby shops, gaming centers, etc. where the tenant could be a zero or a hero.NOW if the clothing store tenant has very high net worth and liquidity with a personal guarantee then the store can lose money and they still pay the rent.

They like it and it does not dry out like peanut butter or other types of foods.

Long story short, my husband worked at Dartmouth, 20 years ago--and I swore to never come back...there were no or very very little hair care products for African Americans in Hanover/Lebanon back then...Anyway, I earned my doctorate in psychology, became a licensed clinical psychologist and yearned for wide open spaces and a place to do my art--I now work for a distance learning institution (work from home) and my husband is back working at Dartmouth.