I am an optimist, so I may have a skewed view; I put X amount of my own money into the project, which I sold after 2 years, I sold my end for X, so I made my initial investment back. During the time I actually operated the place I worked 60-100 hours a week I made roughly 50k/ year, which is obviously a loss because I could have worked a "normal" job, and made the same for much less hours, but imo I came out ahead because I learned more than a lot of people who pay 6 figures for their college degrees.