However, as water gets between the wythes of brick and freezes, walls will start to bulge, tilt or shift.We have one such building at the moment where the previous owner underpinned the original brick foundation and poured a concrete wall on the inside of the brick walls which were in the worst shape.  

Bigger pockets is highly tilted toward investing in the USA. 

The trick to keeping the paint off the ceilings without a spray guard is simply to keep the sprayer head pointed perpendicular to the wall, not to tilt it up.

Plus the vents are huge and tilt either up or down while still blocking views.

Why not "roll the dice" on a market with highly stochastic appreciation where the mean is NOT zero (but more like 6%-8%), then further tilt the odds in your favor by forcing some appreciation and still getting your long term cash flow from rent increases while not worrying about having to try to dance in and out of investments at the perfect timing via 1031 exchange and eating transaction costs?

Practice on a flip when the odds are tilted more in your favor.

Not willing to have my tile tilt out at bottom between 1/4" and 1/2".

So while the new construction is now clearly tilted toward for lease there is also the also significant deficit in that area.

You asked me what I believe to be a new investor litmus question, which I succeeded I give you the tilted confused dog head response to.

Foundation (water leaks, cracks, tilting, exposed areas etc.) 2.