Ok, as Paul Harvey would say, "Now, for the rest of the story."   The kitchen, dining room and pantry are add-ons and the roof leaks. The pantry has a door that isn't used and water seeps in under the door.  The corner of the dining room leaks and they usually put a pan in the kitchen to catch that water.  the interior of the ceiling keeps flaking off, especially when it's raining.  The water tastes and smells of sulfur, so the sinks are rusty looking.  The water pressure is very low.  Some of the floor is concrete, and other parts are wood, and still others have linoleum on it.  There are warped raw wood panels covering parts of the patio.  The water pressure is so low that the plumber has to come out occasionally and pump out the backup.  In the front, there are three rooms.  One is connected to inside of the store and the other two are used by one person and has an outdoor opening.  That "apartment" doesn't have a working shower.  The bathroom is so messed up that it can't really be used...friends of the owner fixed it...not certified plumbers.  Also, in the one bedroom, connected to the store, there is a walk in cooler...it is used for a closet or store room.  There is another walk-in something or other, and it's also used for storage.  They have just cleaned the mold off of the wall of the walk-in cooler.  The walls are all different widths, so it's nearly  impossible to map out  the house.  In some places, it's thin and other places it has cinder blocks for walls.  When you walk in the store, the three rooms, (two used as a bedroom and one used as a living room) are on the right.  Then as you go behind the counter, there is an office.  From there, it gets really convoluted.  The one bedroom has a window in it that leads into the pantry, and it has a shower curtain hanging over it.  Another bedroom is used as a walk-in closet.  One "true bedroom" is at the end of the hallway.  The linen closet has a curtain to cover it, and the smell of the water heater leads into the closet in the bedroom.  It smells to me like a gas leak.  The store has several appliances, not meaning they work.  The coke machine outside on the porch doesn't work.  did I mention that the store and property is surrounded by a flood zone?  It is next to impossible to get a loan on the property.  There is a red, and I mean red, saloon and cafe across the street, but it's abandoned.  I was told by the owner of the store that the owner of the saloon sold liquor to some minors who were killed on their way home.  There was a lawsuit, and it sits like an eyesore...useless. 

If you like dogs and cats, you might like going to the store.  They roam freely in the store.  You see the cats walking around on the shelves in the store.  Sometimes walking on the packaging.  The birds also fly in the store at time, and the dogs tend to come out in the store.  I don't think they eat anything in the store...just ramble around...or in the case of the bird, fly around.  It's a yellow parakeet.  One stays in the office.  Sometimes you might see Stubbs walking around in the store.  You can recognize him by the think matted hair.  {shudder}  Angel looks a bit better.   At the end of the counters, there is piles of junk; I think at one time, it was supposed to be in a garage/yard sale.  It sits covered with dust, like some forgotten landfill.

Now, is the store profitable?  Uh-um.  Well, in the winter, it is such a non-profit, that he ought to file for non profit status.  Usually ciggerettes and beer or soda are about all that is sold.  The owner stocks the store with credit cards, and tries to re-coup in the summer.  It's slightly more busy in the summer.  But, even with a busy season, no public toilet, and animals wandering the store, it's not someplace where many would want to stop.  Beer signs litter the front windows which are milky from age and dust, so it's not an inviting place for somebody to desire to stop in.   It's a sinking ship...but the owner is hanging on to a dream. 

What is my point in this?  Well, when you look at property on the internet, make sure it's all that it's cracked up to be.  For this place, the owner wants $250,000.  I say owner...he has it on a contract for deed, and owes about $50,000 on it.  It does sit by the sun river.  You can see the bridge from the dining room window.  When you come over the bridge, you can see the back of the store with its great number of vehicles sitting in the yard.  The flowers are beautiful, and there is a lot of work  put  into them, but the house needs a great deal of work.   So...before you buy....investigate the property thoroughly.  This is for any property!  Don't buy without checking out the flood plain, and the construction of the house or business.  That is my advice for Sun River,  Montana area property.  Here are some more in-depth photos of the house and store.