That being said, there's not a lot of relevant inventory in my area, so I've been looking recently in Spokane, WA. 

And in Houston, it's hard to even keep inventory on the shelves!

Prior to 2013 we did a fairly large write down of inventory so it made my financials a little complicated. 

Currently I don't have any real assets or real property other than personal property and business inventory from Income on my schedule C.Would this asset requirement happen to be an industry standard and is there a creative way to get around this or another way to deal this requirement?

I'm a member of GaREIA.org You can also learn by hooking up with local experts.Today we have seen alot of appreciation and inventory shortage.  

So even when the market crash, there will far less casualties and therefore far less inventory than many people are hoping for and expecting. 

This gives you a rough valuation on a liquor store plus any inventory on hand.

But getting basically a listing or beefing up your sale inventory that won't meet your target market means long contract periods or holding costs eating away at profits, ad money spent, time showing and trying to sell something that's not marketable.

Get the inventory before it gets on the MLS.

I am in Southern California, and out inventory is very LOW.