It's not what I would consider a "hardened" building for rental and I do have some emotions tied up in the old girl.

He had a shop built in his backyard the size of many houses and it had everything he needed to start with raw hardened steel stock various woods and build a complete weapon.

It hardens you and it softens you. 

So to harden my portfolio from a severe recession, I use zero debt.

I want to grow as person and break the hardened shell i created in my younger days.

@Erich Harden Thanks.

@Lev PaleiWith the right systems, a good handyman could self-manage and do the upkeep on maybe 20 properly hardened SFR before maintaining them seriously started cutting into his time.

Buy hardened littler homes surrounded by similar solid places.

I am currently flipping and selling my properties outright, but I'm wanting to build some monthly income and avoid short term capital gains tax. I am interested in selling my flips via lease option. Should I treat the...

But the reason I go to the expense is actually to harden the rental.The shower tower covers the holes left by pulling the 3-handle valve, bypasses all the behind the wall plumbing, and if something happens down the line, a minimally-skilled handyman can turn off the water and pull the shower tower off the wall to unscrew the water leads, then replace the whole tower with another.