That said, I know I'm going to need systems in place to make sure my properties are running fluidly. 

One day the fluid catalytic cracking unit went down at the refinery (It helped us achieve air superiority during WW2 over Germany, but that's another story). 

In Chicago, neighborhoods are very fluid. 

And any money I make through real estate transactions just get funneled into more real estate or 401k contributions.World Class food is a bit of a stretch ;-) The rules of sports nutrition are not complicated: heavy carbohydrate intake from whole foods, plenty of fluids, lean protein and healthy fats.

That's my plan as of now but of course it's very fluid and I'm open to change. 

I can understand how the lack of joints might make a difference in the energy required to pump water or some other fluid in an industrial location, but residential water usage is going to be determined by how much you open the taps.

The right of the Property owners and their successors and assigns, and the contractors or other agents of each, to construct, install, use, maintain, alter, add to, repair, remove, replace, reinstall and reconstruct electrical, water, sanitary sewer, natural gas, telephone, drainage connections, cable television or any other type of utility line, cable pipeline, conduit or other transmission medium, and any and all other improvements reasonably related to utility purposes (“Utility Improvements”) in, over, under, through and across the Roadway.

In this case I believe the situation is entirely fluid. 

Honestly, even from my perspective, I'm amazed the HOA allows laminate flooring to begin with.I've looked into ways of soundproofing, or significantly mitigating noise transmission from my condo, and from what I've heard, even the most dense, best impact absorbing underlayment for laminate flooring won't do much in a poorly built building.

California building code has a minimum standard for noise transfer between floors which is at least 50 STC (sound transmission like voices, tv, etc) and at least 50 IIC (impact noise, people walking or jumping).