You took the risk and now you celebrate.

my sister in law has a coffee shop in the Bay area just celebrated her 20th year.. 

If I may, since you are all about apparently accepting when someone has a point, let me ask you, out of all the people who wrote in this thread, I had unpleasant interactions with 3, and wrote the others in a neutral way or with thanks to them for their help, and the 3 I had issues with were objectively not being helpful, and as far as I am concerned were actually going out of their way to create controversy, something commonly seen on message boards.

I wouldnt celebrate market losses as they tend to be tied to RE.

In celebration of our accomplishments tomorrow has been named Landlord's Day!

They tried to pass a controversial law that would basically require landlords to evict any tenant charged with a misdemeanor crime.

The liability is too many "sticks," all the balusters that create a very cluttered look, as well as obstructing half of the lower story windows.So first, let's replace all those sticks with a material that is less visually obtrusive, emulates the architecture, is far more updated and hip, and affordable.https://youtu.be/SPKgdEqnR3QYou could also do a slightly more designed baluster at the second-floor front-facing landings to celebrate those entries and add interest.Wrap approx. the bottom third (or 36" to the railing) of the second-floor posts with 1x to give them more visual weight, and create a very simple capital at the top.At the very base of the stairs (ground level), create two simple but very LARGE newel posts, and if at ALL possible, cap each with a very clean-lined light fixture.

Everybody wants a piece of the "American Dream", altho there is some controversy over the how and why that became such a Universally Desired Goal.

Also, this is going to sound rather controversial but I've been formulating this theory for a while but I don't think that the 1% rule applies to the Boston area and here is why:That is a rule of thumb to use in a cash flow environment.

Celebrities often carry around well more than the max $10,000 on their person when traveling.