If you leave them exposed they will serve as entries for water. 

Sometimes I wonder if going to public will expose them to the real world more vs private where they can sometimes feel sheltered.

One of the lenders above said he doesn’t think the bank would call the loan just based on this, but you are right, I am exposing myself to that risk.

When these homes are torn down, the exposed side of the party wall would typically get parged which would be another 1.5” on each wall.

Certainly a good way to help the industry and/or farm business leads, but I'll bet very few of the sh***y ones would make that effort and/or expose themselves to that (constructively critical at times) feedback and discourse.

One was partially renovated, but the renovations looked sketchy (20-inch wide shower, rippling siding, exposed lam beam in the living room hanging down about 10 inches, etc.).

I deal with my tenants personally and I should be able to manage the amount of risk I want to expose myself too, not mention the risk that it exposes the other tenants too. 

Email is NOT secure, and you will expose your contractors to unnecessary risk of identity theft.

The IRA (via the LLC) may joint venture with other investors.Avoid disqualified parties in all ways (despite what you may read on the internet)Any debt will still need to be non-recourse with respect to the IRA and you or disqualified parties, and may expose the IRA to taxation on UDFI.

After you cut the main countertop piece, there are end cap pieces that you can glue onto the exposed end.