The nearby town of Ypsilanti is selling off some schools.
There are some crack-den bargains in that city, but $400K-600 buys a nice single family here in Ann Arbor so the prices are not unreasonable for the general area.
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But what does one possibly do with a 30K sq industrial building plus 10 acres?
Oh boy.
Building
Residence with 5-6 rooms of course. I'd need only two for myself.
Maybe a personal use side, and a side for guests or rental/AirB&B income.
LAN party room and possible small office rental.
Garage space galore. Or several for possible rental.
Workshop (wood/metal) for possible rental.
Storage and possible rental.
Indoor lap swimming pool. Naturally.
Greenhouse room to be able to grow crops year round. Start cutting on them skylights boy!
Grounds
Plant evergreen hedge trees around entire perimeter such as blue spruce.
Grade perimeter of foundation to contain any 100 yr storm water flooding.
Dig out ponds to grow tilapia or catfish or frogs.
Plant fruit trees, blueberries, and hardwoods for long-term investment.
Garden area for summertime.
All grass is replaced by wildflowers and native plants. Get a federal variance permit and forget those neighbors who will complain about "unkept premises"
Create privacy embankments and private paths to a fire pit and seating area.
I'll need an archery range of course.
Maybe a winding perimeter path with jumps and bowls for mountain biking or electric motocross.
Leave sufficient parking for myself, guests, and a few slots for RV's and trailers. The remaining lot concrete can make walls and boundaries.
A couple banks of solar panels and a large insulated battery shed for electric heat/cooling.
House is net positive in food and energy production and off the grid. Downtown.
And then I wake up.....