This has essentially shut off the pipeline of distressed assets....

Shutting the water supply to toilet will just cut supply to the tank.

Ryan Is this the meetup at the Hibachi restaurant in Pinellas Park?

It is a two Mixed use Building in which the first floor is a good size restaurant.

I brought this idea to the borough and they basically said, "Shut your pie hole--we are doing the best that we want to, so suck it."

The guy I have in place had already been in business @ another rented location that was shut down by code enforcement.

When we take on new tenants, we show them where all the utility shut offs are and explain how to use them - we then have them initial that they have been shown them and understand how to use them.

I am contemplating making an offer on a 1995 double-wide mobile home through one of these auction sites but saw two problems that concern me: 1) the back door won't open - it seems to be pretty firmly jammed shut; and 2) there is evidence of damage on the ceiling of the same side of the home, near a fireplace.

BP even shut the bulk reo forum a long time ago because there was no legit discussion just people claiming access to mysterious bulk deals.

You need to take time to do the walk through, explain your procedures, where the utility shut offs are, etc.