What has always worked in good times and bad, and what this COVID left bleeding, and what's getting fat now.

@Umair Khalid does your lease state that the tenant is responsible for excess water bills due to unreported leaks?

So they weren't being sold because of excessive neglect, the owners were ready to retire and had kept them up functionally, just maybe not aesthetically.  

I’ve heard theories from pretty smart people that we will approach nearly free electricity as more and more solar power is generated and more and more batteries back up the excess power.

The general time frame for completion on just that part of the selling process can take from weeks to months to complete (again, assuming that the EPA doesn't force the owner to get any excessive pollution remediated).

Most owner operators live like FAT CATS when business is new and sales are strong and suck out the cash flow.

For example, a general contractor put me in touch with a person who has excess land next to their church. 

We have done deals in the past with lenders in our area that have been quite difficult to work with (requiring excessive repairs to be done, unresponsive when we have questions, and drew out the loan process much longer than it should have been). 

I would also tighten up your lease with a billback for excessive use.  

I would rather buy dry cows and feed out for 90 days to get white fat than do cow calf or feeders.