Everything from piggly wigglies to walmart pretty much started out small from regular people having bright idea's and then putting a lot of effort behind those idea's.

I tell them the story about a guy in my area that was breaking into bank owned homes and then renting them out using a throw away phone he got from Walmart.

Look at Wal-Mart luring small manufactures in, loading them upwith orders, having them expand and then pulling orders placing them financial peril and then buying them out, just one exampe.

Does Wal-Mart pay more property taxes on their building because they make millions of dollars?

Walmart, Home depot, etc.

Thanks, I wonder if places like Walmart or Best-Buy would agree with that.

It is right next to a Walmart in a small town.

How about WAL-MART.

Walmart just built a super center about a mile away and the area, I think, is going to grow more in the next few years.

In the meantime, I kept up appearances and made sure it didn't LOOK vacant; i.e. blinds on the windows (you can get cheap, basic ones from Walmart for a couple of bucks), I kept a light or two on around the clock, and I let the next-door neighbor park in the driveway so it looked like someone was always home.