This can have an impact on pricing from both the seller and buyer side.Whether I am developing land for a commercial project myself, looking for an existing investment myself, or finding my buyers the property directly they want it takes a bunch of time,effort,and energy to do so.

@Sam Amir you have good energy man.

You will expend effort, money and psychic energy on a long shot chance of recovery.It would seriously not surprise me if spending the same money on scratch tickets would have a higher expected value.Don't personalize it.

Not worth your energy unless something got stolen/damaged.

hobbies are like crafting, bird watching or something else that's designed to occupy time and energy, but not make money. what you're doing is NOT a hobby, period, end of discussion.  

I jumped in head first, partnering with a good friend, and purchased a franchise (making existing homes energy efficient to save on power and gas bills) that was meant to be used as "proof-of-concept."

I often share details like stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops, new roof and energy efficient windows, updated landscaping........you get the idea.

From my perspective it looks like you used a lot of your time/energy and $10K+ in cash to buy $35K in equity, which is a good thing.

I've found that new investors tend to have the most energy to devote to this type of difficult work.

Newer construction tends to have more recent technology advancements deployed such as more energy efficient materials like windows and doors, etc.