Often in those small towns if DG vacates no national brands want the site just jo-bob small business owner who wants to pay 50 to 70% less rent than DG did.The better DG's are buildings in strong suburban markets with upgraded construction or they moved into a vacated pharmacy store on a hard corner.

In 2021, I left a 22-year career in pharmacy to go all-in on real estate and it’s been one of the best decisions I’ve made.My goal here is simple: connect with other local (and regional) investors, share what’s working, learn what others are seeing in today’s market, and build genuine relationships.

Most of my career was spent in long-term care pharmacy, EHR/EMAR training, and product management for an AL software company.

The Prop Mgr (a nat'l company with a branch in Panama City FL) could not do that, but required then to pay (cash) at a local pharmacy (CVS). 

It's possible other businesses would want that land just because it's so close to Walmart and their customer base (like a pharmacy or tire shop, for example) 

Even within med office there is quite a bit of variation, where the retail and med overlap is in the retail medicine, ie pharmacies, urgent cares, remote EDs etc. 

Read the business profile and find they own all the CVS and Walgreen pharmacies', among just a couple names.

I could easily afford 550k+ on my income and fiance will be starting her pharmacy career somewhere around the area.Any suggestions on moving forward and starting to build equity?

The out-of-state, investing marketing program is often times like pharmacy advertising. 

I now run a farm and still work in pharmacy.