When the economy tanks, one way to make a lot of money is to provide storage facilities for companies' unintended inventory accumulations. It works so long as the companies are strong enough that they can keep paying their bills throughout the downturn.
For example, running a storage facility for inventory build-up of Toyotas might be good business; running one for Chevrolets might considerably riskier. Here's more, courtesy of Jack:
From pricey luxury sedans to popular hybrid cars, automobiles made overseas are stacking up at ports and parking lots around the United States as supplies far outstrip demand amid the nation's worst auto market in more than 25 years.
At the Long Beach port near Los Angeles, Toyota Motor Corp vehicles including Prius hybrids, FJ Cruiser sport utility vehicles and Lexus IS 250 luxury sedans are being stored on a vast construction site that will one day be a new container terminal.
The site became a gigantic parking lot when Toyota and Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz asked the port for space to store thousands of vehicles that dealerships have not been able to take on due to sluggish sales.
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