It's a great primer on the culture and explains Lonnie Scruggs's approach to investing.

Is there a big sub-culture of "we buy houses for cash" in Ontario?  

Also, I help organize a once a month local REI meetup, the next one will be Wednesday, December 3rd @ 7pm at Johnny's Irish Pub on Culver Rd.  

Like many of you, I am use to potential tenants telling me the rent is high and trying to negotiate it down - with many of our international students, this exchange is just part of the process as culturally you haggle over everything.We have a building we acquired a little more than a year ago where the rents were well below market, but the building is in good condition overall.  

Moving away from L.V, regardless of where you move to will be something of a culture shock, but then you have family and that's a great help as you already know.Before we moved to Atlanta, we looked at every possible location and I have to tell you, although mostly conservative in attitude, there is no place as open as you will find in L.V.

They were part of the black culture of Detroit, with many having been in operation since the Prohibition period.

This is a great opportunity for a Mandarin speaking broker or developer to bridge a cultural gap and create a lot of value.  

Ok, I have always assumed proximity to a cementary being a huge negative especially with the zombie and vampire cultures nowadays, I mean if there is a zombie apocalypse the residents near cementaries will be first victims.

In the meantime give me your thoughts on the material.It's the old cultured marble/ceramic look.

The main reason I ask that question is because there are cultural difference (BIG ONES) from the East Coast vs the West Coast.