The indoor malls that simply offered shopping and a food court are the ones dying off.I've seen some malls be demolished and replaced with high-density single family developments. 

How do 5-7 people share food space, kitchenware, cooking time, etc?

It sounds like there's no consistent place to go to given daily rate changes, quotas to hit etc?

In one of the 3 fundamental human needs (food, water, shelter).

Yes, a contractor can put a mechanic's lien on your house, but that is little recourse to putting food on the table.As a former subcontractor, I usually requested a deposit on larger jobs, $10,000+, on little stuff I wasnt as worries about it. 

Often you are getting a pretty sizeable discount for your efforts, resulting in both captured equity and cashflow.The best ugly properties go quickly, so when I was looking, I got in the habit of searching daily.  

There are some good food spots around here.

Almost daily I get a phone call of: "Hey, I am calling on your property listed for rent (that they are obviously reading because that's how they got my #), I was wondering, is it available?". 

Of those that do own a 2nd home near Los Angeles, many of those homes are weekend get away homes which are typically smaller than what they live in daily.  

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