Can the church rent a house on land it bought for future expansion?

Question:

Hello,

I was just wondering if maybe you could tell me if there is a biblical answer for this situation. A congregation of the Lord's church just bought land adjoining the land the building where we meet sits on right now. It was purchased to expand at a later time (no time soon). If we didn't purchase it, we would not get another chance. There is a house on the land and it has been brought up in the men's business meeting that we should fix up the house and rent it out. I am against the whole idea because I feel like the Lord's church is not in the real estate business and when I voiced my opinion I was told it does not say in the Bible it would be wrong. My idea was to sell the house (as is) and use the money to help pay for the land that came with it that we need for future purposes. But I don't think we should be in the real estate business of house renting to pay for the land because that still leaves us with a house we don't need, will have to keep up, and sell for profit later. That's not how the Lord's church is supposed to support itself. Sorry, this was so long. Any biblical help would be appreciated.