Car Wash + Real Estate for Sale — Lansing, MI (Owned Free & Clear)

Real estate + a fully-equipped, freshly-renovated car wash — land & building owned free and clear (no mortgage), included in the sale. Priced near real-estate value. This is an asset play with operator upside, and the numbers below are shown in full so you can decide for yourself.

Overview

Commercial property with a turnkey, fully-operational car wash on a high-traffic corridor (E. Kalamazoo St) in Lansing, Michigan. The land and building are owned FREE AND CLEAR (no mortgage) and are included in the sale. Multiple bays with modern credit-card and coin payments, on-site vacuum stations, on-site security monitoring — plus one of the few truck-accessible bays in the Lansing area, a rare one-stop wash for semi trucks and big rigs. Roughly $36,600 in capital improvements since 2024 (new roof, new asphalt, new electrical, new credit-card system) means no deferred maintenance. It is run lean and absentee today (owner travels abroad, ~1–2 hrs/day), so the business is nearly dormant — the value is the real estate + turnkey facility, with clear upside for a hands-on operator. Priced near real-estate value and the seller is open to offers.

Highlights

• Land & building owned FREE & CLEAR (no mortgage) — included in the sale
• Rare truck-accessible bay — semi trucks & big rigs (uncommon in Lansing)
• ≈ $36,600 in 2024–2026 capital improvements incl. a new roof — no deferred maintenance
• Turnkey & fully operational — modern card + coin payments, multiple vacuums, security monitoring
• Owner-operated, no employees — currently run absentee ~1–2 hrs/day
• Full financials shown openly — ~$20–22K revenue, roughly break-even as run today
• Clear upside — add memberships, work the truck/fleet bay, cut winter utility cost
• High-traffic E. Kalamazoo St location
• Motivated seller — priced near real-estate value, open to offers

The Numbers — Full Transparency

We'd rather you make an informed decision than a rushed one, so here is exactly where the business stands as it is run today (owner's own figures from the 2026 profit & expense records; full statements available on request, buyer to verify).

Annual operating costs (as currently run)

• Utilities (electric + gas) — seasonal, ≈ $13,000–$15,000/yr (heavy in winter to keep bays from freezing; low in summer)
• Property taxes — ≈ $4,560/yr (Lansing summer $3,484 + winter $790 + personal-property $289)
• Insurance — $1,357/yr
• Trash ≈ $1,100/yr · phone ≈ $720/yr · wash supplies ≈ $1,000–$2,000/yr · card-processing fees

Straight talk: at today's volume the wash roughly covers its own costs. You are not paying $230,000 for the current income — you're buying the real estate and a turnkey, recently-renovated facility (below), with clear room to grow the income.

What You're Actually Buying — The Asset

• The real estate — land & building on high-traffic E. Kalamazoo St, owned free and clear (no mortgage), included in the sale.
• A turnkey, fully-operational car wash — multiple bays including a rare truck-accessible bay (uncommon in the Lansing area), modern credit-card & coin payments, multiple on-site vacuum stations, on-site security monitoring.
• ≈ $36,600 in capital improvements (2024–2026) — including a new roof ($11,700), new asphalt & sealcoat, new electrical/circuit panel, new credit-card system, security camera, coin mechanism & drain work. No deferred maintenance.

At $230,000 you're buying the property plus a freshly-renovated, ready-to-run facility near replacement value — and we're open to offers.

The Upside — For the Right Operator

The current owner runs it absentee, ~1–2 hrs/day, while traveling abroad for other work — so it's under-marketed and under-optimized. That's the opportunity:

• Add wash memberships / monthly plans — there are none today (recurring revenue from zero).
• Work the rare truck/fleet bay — land trucking & fleet accounts most Lansing washes can't serve.
• Push tap/card payments & basic marketing — card volume is tiny; the business is nearly dormant.
• Trim winter utility bleed — the single biggest cost lever.

Reason for sale: the owner travels out of the country at intervals for his other job and has no one to run it — a clean, motivated sale, not a performance cover-up.

Figures are the owner's, deemed reliable but not guaranteed; buyer to verify all numbers and conditions.

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Listing represented by David Willis · [email protected] · (setup in progress)