Never did anything of any significance other than being known.

Lake Toho is known for bass fishing.

That "pipe" is known as a Line Set. 

They know the different neighborhoods very well and understand the market.

I apologize if my post offended you.I have leveraged rentals that cash flow as well.

Overland Park, KS vs Kansas City, MO) Very landlord friendly, worst case eviction is usually 8 weeks + $500 + lost rent (cannot comment on individual cases and this is not legal advice) Large diverse metro area - variety of jobs, companies, people can have a career in KC.

Well, this article says otherwise. 

The obligation to mediate, unless otherwise agreed, will terminate if the entire dispute is not resolved within thirty days of the date written notice requesting mediation is delivered by one party to the other at that party’s last known address (physical or electronic as provided in § 26).

Going over maps of known repairs with contractors showed that there were a few houses where people tried to have piers installed and ran out of money before hitting stable soil, others in the hyper local area did have to go to 100+ ft.  

Than again 1300's-1850's the "mini ice age" or better known as the "dark ages".