They started getting popular in the late 70s and early 80s, I believe, and there has been an incredible bull market since that time, so people who entered the workforce at that time and contributed diligently all these years (and just left it alone) are finding they have a nice nest egg, as long as their home is paid off and children are on their own by now. 

Both of my buildings didn't "seem" to have foundation issues, but 100 years of ever increasing weight (we have a lot more stuff now) can affect the support.

But now seeing how much this condo has appreciated, plus it is in a really popular up and coming neighborhood.

In the Cambridge-Somerville area, triple deckers in need of repair easily go for multi-millions, you need a lot of capital upfront for downpayment and rehab costs and you are relying on appreciation to build equity - the flip and condo conversion is a popular option in these areas. 

Tear off the existing weight install.

We deploy 7 categories of criteria which each have a weighted value.

He believed he owed much of his success as a writer and researcher to being married to his wife, and in study after study he found that exactly the same is true for most people who managed to accumulate real money in the USA.Although The Millionaire Next Door is Stanley's most popular book, there are a lot of insights in the other books he wrote as well.

The property is in a popular location so I have experienced significant appreciation since buying it and the debt pay down is great, but it will be the only property I buy with a 15 year mortgage. 

Also I can understand having debt to family can be weight on the shoulders and stressful.

The local area crime rate is low according to Trulia.com, but I've also heard many realtors laugh out loud at some of the information available on the popular web-sites.