Spending time with family and friends, organizing volunteer work at homeless shelters, living an active and healthy life and helping other to do the same, traveling, and playing music with his band are among the many different things Kevin values.

In many cases, substance addiction is propagated by the fear of withdrawal pains, or the fear of losing the addiction's perceived benefit, or some combination of the two.No one wants to be homeless and impoverished.

I called him and met him at the property and showed him all the issues that were huge liabilities to his father's financial health - missing railings on stairs, loose railings on the 2nd floor, a vacant unit with an unlocked front door, homeless people living in 2 of the garages, major cockroach infestation in one of the units, a hole in the wall between one unit and the laundry room, a neighbor dumping trash over the wall onto that early mentioned vacant unit's balcony.

Orange county, homeless everywhere.  

There was a giant pit in the middle of the living room, a hole going down two feet and the opening was around two feet square.The bank had let a homeless woman and her daughter live in there to "keep an eye on the place."

Fact of the matter is, macro factors are such a large consideration that unless there are very specific companies (like Apple) that can outperform markets, ETFs are very good way to gain exposure to a variety of asset classes.I have a little piggy bank from my old job that is like my "if I were homeless" fund.

“To have high-cost housing in a community that isn’t necessarily high income.”Stockton’s homeless advocates say rising rents are putting more people on the streets.For Cindy, the rise in rents is putting her retirement years in California at risk–leading her to consider a move out of state.

But builders have backed way off from building, slowing down the supply side.Although individuals may have high consumer debt, the last thing they want is to be homeless, thus the rent is paid first, in most cases.As an investor, highly leveraged properties could be a concern.

If they can't, they need to find friends or a homeless shelter or somewhere else to stay until they land back on their feet-- that could take a while.Letting a tenant pay a few days late or a week late might be nice.

Helping the homeless (or is that making the deadbeats homeless)!