Purchase price: $40,000 Cash invested: $20,000 Address: 2420 County Road 432City: RockdaleState: TXZip Code: 76567County: Milam County Subdivision: J J Acosta Surv AbsLegal Description: A0010 ACOSTA, JUAN JOSE,5.95 ACRESBuilding Sqft.: 952 /Appraisal District Year Built: 2010 /Appraisal DistrictLot Size: 259,182 Sqft.

That was for a roads and bridge building company, equivalent to a remodel business, Sr engineer is the project manager, and Jr engineer is the superintendent.

Last year we purchased a mixed use business complex with light industrial/office warehouse "flex" spaces in the front of the parcel with road frontage and then boat & rv storage on the rest of the property. 

At this stage in my investing career, I wouldn't do it, but who knows if down the road in a few years I will be arguing with some 20 something investor saying the exact same things you are saying.

Now down the road after the deal is closed they will try and say you didn't disclose that you were an investor making a profit.

Now, 6 miles down the road where I own some of my ghetto properties, everything is fro sale, and sorry to say, I would take a loss if I had to sell these now, but I don,t and didn't plan on it anytime soon.Hopefully you will be able to see the link I attached and give me an opinion on how to put a price on this building.

I owe a serious post after today's 1,000,000th post craze, so, I don't know what other assets you may have to use.Don't know if you'd want to share short term with a partner and buy them out down the road, orif forced appreciation makes sense on the property ti increase cash flow over commercial financing options.

If you purchased these 4 investment properties and you are breaking even or not cash flowing, I'd question if it was the right move, but even then, you may have to rely on appreciation and re-financing down the road to pull money out. 

Your life could be made very difficult if the person's assets end up being taken over by a conservator or if a deal ends up being reviewed somewhere down the road and the seller is deemed unfit to have entered into a contract at all.

Long and winding road my friend but it can be done