Since you got the smack down and having it inside is not ok then my bet is they have done some good research and the ordinance is air tight.

See, you weren't tagged in the last post, but I am betting you will be in this one.fyi  @Joshua Dorkin 

I'm no lawyer, but I would bet you could have some serious charges for knowingly allowing such things on your premises.  

So like a great RE agent I bet there are wholesalers that make 300 to a million or more and there are probably some super wholesalers that move tapes and such that make much more.

I feel confident in my ability to estimate, but I'm not sure that I'd bet $10,000 on it!

I got lots of notes without putting money in, my credit and ability to pay was seen as a much safer bet, small discount and interest spread and you continue to march.

Certainly an investor is not going to give full rein to the agent.Gc overseeing the rehab - good luck having them include design and pickibg out items for each house, good luck paying them cost plus and keeping them incentivized to keep costs down.Finally, even after you take all the these cost factors, by the time you get to your final figure, I bet it comes out damn close to 50% of profit, which as Justin pointed out, us quite different from costs.KISS is in order here, no need to make it so complicated.

Some ideas in my head are - Clothing, Jewelry, Stationary, Organic Foods, Global ethnic products to sell locally, Outdoor Sports, Coffee shop, Yogurt or Ice Cream Shop.I was thinking I could visit some of the local colleges and just market that I have the space for the right person/ biz plan.

I'd venture to bet that in 5 years the bulks of what the funds are all scooping up will all find there way back to the market.

But I'd bet its relatively uncommon.