Marcia called me last Friday and gave me the heads up on a few commercial properties in The Pas that have come up for sale listed around $100,000.00. They each have a store front and approximately 3 apartments. These apartments should more then cover the monthly mortgage payments and technically I could even live in one if I didn't want to stay with mom & dad. Tempting...beyond tempting what with my unhappiness with my career right now but there's a bit of a problem. I'm not sure I can think of a viable business to open and if that's the case maybe others can't either so I wouldn't be able to rent it out either. I would much rather open my own business then rent it out though. I just don't want something that would make me go bankrupt and I need enough to pay the bills.
Ideally I would love a used bookstore but I'm not sure that would go over well what with amazon & chapters shipping books now, people can always order what they can't find at extra food's bestsellers shelf. Not to mention the library and the college's bookstore. I would like to think it could work but I'm not sure.
Not to mention I've never actually worked in a bookstore and I would be starting from scratch. I realize that I'm continuously talking about opening one dream business after another but quite frankly I hate my job. I do not want to work for other people for the rest of my life and I figure sooner or later I have got to find a business that will work. Tonight I'm going to actually read that book on starting and running an online bookstore that I bought over a year ago. If its promising maybe I should consider trying that as well as looking for a part time job working at a used bookstore. One step at a time. and I don't even know if it would work in The Pas but I can't stop dreaming!
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