so a $10,000 replacement with a 20 year life span will only recieve $2,500 if the roof gets replaced due to a covered peril.  

What was the time span from ground breaking to selling the last of the 24 homes in The Village?

They both have an attention span of about 5 seconds.

I chose this time span because it is after the effects of the 2008 financial crash and before the distortion COVID caused.However, if you buy in good long-term locations, your initial return will be lower.

Bill wins because I don't have the attention span or memory to read all of that.

The tree roots anchored the piers in the ground, but the normal decay of the tree stumps made the piers have a shorter life span than brick or concrete piers.

Older homes are going to have more problems, especially if they have cast iron pipes and are older that 40 years (the expected life span of cast iron). 

I chose this time span because it does not include the effects of COVID.

Within this span of time I have only listened to one single BP Podcast (Episode 477) and reread one single book on real estate (Set For Life).

It was six bookings over a 24 hour span from Friday night to Saturday afternoon.