Given the industries around them, it seems it would work well for a metalworker, sculptor, blacksmith, etc.The university nearby has a well-regarded design and art department and there are several other art academies.

Not enough, unfortunately:-taxes done-made first payment on new cash out refi (primary residence)-made one REO offer and one short sale offer -- both went nowhere-still waiting on my seller-accepted short sale from December (apparently they have a processor now)--did minor tenant repairsI need to step it up in the offer-making department

People still live in the apartments above the stores along that street!

It would save me a huge chunk of change every year and the home values would take an immediate boost but I really feel like the funding for the roads, police department, fire department, and schools isn't something to mess with.Thoughts?

You can obtain this license as an individual under the same department that regulated CFL Brokers/Lender (Department of Business Oversight - Formerly referred to as the Dept of Corporations).

Many of the tenants that are departing are not always the best and you just want to tell them "don't let the door bump you on the way out the door"

@Tom Mendez - before you spend a dime, spend a few minutes researching the current zoning as well as talking with the local building department to make understand whether it could be a restaurant still AND also what else it might also be.

Hey Amber,Not from real estate experience, but from working for the fire department, we get a lot of homeless who break in to houses that are vacant, and sleep there.I think my next step would be to find the owner of the property, either from city hall, or online GIS maps.

s are about as aggressive as the department of transportation are in repairing potholes.

Third, I have a store of food and know basic garden growing and home canning techniques.