Repaying debt is not necessarily aligned with achieving financial freedom - true FI is cashflow coming from many assets - hopefully this illustrates how paying off debt drains your liquidity for down payments of money to buy said assets.

Obviously the chances are that it is your responsibility, but what if it’s a sprinkler line or drain line owned by the condo building?

They advised making sure that the drain in front of the garage be kept clear which we did religiously. 

Keep in mind, most offmarket/distressed deals are traded offmarket before they even hit the auction block. 

Let them know about the PM and emphasize that you will keep the property in excellent condition, thereby making the whole block look better.I'd schedule a visit where you stay for a few days, and at that time maybe a gift card would be appropriate......

Mello Roos are bonds that are floated to do off and on site development and then added to the tax bill. there is also 1915 act bonds etc.. if there was not the ability to float bonds CA would never have developed as it has as the up front captial for major improvements would have been a major stumbling block..

Even after guests book and pay their message system blocks out e-mail addresses and phone numbers, so I'm left resorting to spelling out my phone number in odd ways to get around it.

Before myself and a few other builder developers jumped in.. it was hard to sell anything in those blocks of town..

It is a very block by block city depending on the neighborhood.  

Ideally I want a combination of the Burnham block duplex style but cleaner, and more usonian looking.