pinball machine
11 Replies
Joshua Chen
Investor from Riverside, California
posted about 4 years ago
hey has anyone tried an idea like putting a pinball machine or other similar revenue-generator on property for sale? Does it work?
Nicholas Miller
Residential Real Estate Broker from Fort Wayne, Indiana
replied about 4 years ago
I put a gumball machine in a house to stage it... Made an extra $.75!
The house sat on the market for 6 months before I decided to keep it as a rental but I am not attributing that tenant to the gumball machine
James Wise
Real Estate Broker from Cleveland, OH
replied about 4 years ago
Check out @Al Williamson
he always has new and innovative ways to make money from his rental properties.
Michael Herr
from Peoria, Illinois
replied about 4 years ago
Are you thinking that people coming to view the property would throw in a couple quarters?
How many people view a house for sale/rent?
If every single person stopped to play 5 games would you cover the cost of transporting the machine there and back?
David Roberts
from Brownstown, Michigan
replied about 4 years ago
I think something like a pool table in a finished basement might be attractive for the husband who would love a man cave.
If you have a pinball machine why don't you offer to sell it to me? I'm a very big pinball fan.
I had 4, sold 2, kept the 2 I love. I wouldn't leave something like a pinball machine. Too many moving parts and you might be there fixing it quite a bit. Plus depending on the year it's a very big safety hazard. Until 1991 I believe, you could open the coin door and kill yourself if you touched something. They finally changed the coin door design to have a button that disengages when it opens, shutting off the high level of current flow to the playfield as a safety feature.
PM me about your pinball machine. Sorry to hijack the thread :). I have a Terminator 2 and a Demolition Man. I had a Tales from the Crypt and a Judge Dredd but sold them a few years ago.
Karl James
Land Investor from Fulshear, Texas
replied about 4 years ago
I own Williams Triple Strike - great condition. I have had it since 1978
Karl James
Land Investor from Fulshear, Texas
replied about 4 years ago
Roy N.
(Moderator) -
from Fredericton, New Brunswick
replied about 4 years ago
Originally posted by @David Roberts :
Until 1991 I believe, you could open the coin door and kill yourself if you touched something. They finally changed the coin door design to have a button that disengages when it opens, shutting off the high level of current flow to the playfield as a safety feature.
What current flow? ;-) My friend's father had pinball machine in the basement when we were kids - it came from his fathers drugstore back in the 1930s - no electricity or flippers.
David Roberts
from Brownstown, Michigan
replied about 4 years ago
lol. That's way before my time. I like a couple machines from the 80s but mainly 90s and present with the dot matrix displays.
Never got into the electromagnetic ones, or the earlier ones lol
Al Williamson
Rental Property Investor from Sacramento, CA
replied about 4 years ago
Funny. This is a stretch - even for me.
Joel Owens
(Moderator) -
Commercial NNN Real Estate Broker & Syndicator from Canton, GA
replied about 4 years ago
Back when I was in the restaurant business we had a few machines. You can either buy them outright and place upfront or there are rental companies that rent you the machines for so much per month or a split of what the machines take is.
We had split pac/man and galaxy all in one.
Brought in a few hundred a month.
David Roberts
from Brownstown, Michigan
replied about 4 years ago
The arcades are one thing, the pinball machines are another. If anyone ever enjoyed playing pinball at a bowling alley or pizza joint, you'd remember that there were always issues. Broken plastics, the ball getting jammed somewhere, flippers not lined up right, etc. Pinball machines require a lot of care. If they are getting played and beat on, they require attention. Arcades would be better.
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