Seems like the whole hq2 was a game to extract tax breaks and concessions from NYC and Washington DC, which had been preselected from the start. 

It’s difficult to extract payment from a lease breaker and a bad lessee has crazy leverage.

However, the equity can be extracted as the value is being added each year or two. 

Would the injured customer's attorney try to target KFC first since that's where they can extract the most benefits?

It is very hard to extract info from a 100-year chart without knowing how was the inflation throughout that period.When we look at the inflation adjusted S&P500, we see that in 50 years the value increased 2.5fold (Say, from 1960 to 2010).

There is huge untapped value in well located raw land and few ever effectively extract it.Good luck!

If you have a property worth $200K and only owe $50K how do you extract the $100K without the deal looking like you are purposely stripping off the equity? 

^ I would be extract careful dealing with people from Africa since fraud and identity theft is high there.

Again, why would the tenant pay anything to fix the property owner's asset, that's the whole benefit of renting in the first place.If there is damage caused by the tenant, the landlord should STILL pay to fix promptly as it's their responsibility to maintain the property in good condition and then extract costs after-the-fact from the tenant through ancillary payment agreement or taken from security deposit. 

Good chemicals that are agitated into the carpet and then extracted will take a lot of stains out.