@Damon Cameron JrI grew up poor, dressed in garage sale clothes, damaged canned goods, powdered milk and government cheese.

If I don't, she will milk me like a cow.

I like to compare it with gas prices at the pump, WTI jumps one day and you see it immediately at the pump, but it drops and they lower their pricing as slowly as possible. probably to milk what they can out of it.

No friend of mine should every use these because the operator just skims all the profits for themself.

I'm happy for you if you live in the land of milk and honey for now.

Of course, most of them are just in the rent skimming business anyway, yet they tell the seller they're going to do a work out.

I think the book costs like $30 and would be a good investment for you Rich.I skimmed the relevant pages and he argues that self insurance is likely the best type BUT that you should still have liability insurance in case someone gets hurt.

They just milk a property for years, and then unload it on some unsuspecting schmuck.

After going to do another once over of the park, it seems like most of the issues appear to be from owner neglect and milking the property with little reinvestment.

AntifragileScaling Up (this book had a big impact on my non-real estate business)Americana: a four hundred year history of American capitalismE Myth Revisited (although I would skip or skim the first third of the book)The Knack: how street smart entrpreneurs learn to handle whatever comes upOther random selections:HealthThe Good Gut (interesting look at our gut microbiota and how it impacts our overall health by two Stanford immunologists)Becoming A Supple Leopard or Deskbound (both by Starret)InspirationalThe BibleUnbroken