Anyway, don't want to derail the thread with a pro-cop, anti-cop thing.  

I'm anti-permit).

EAT your blueberries they are anti oxidants and very good for you !!!

:) The plastic blinds will likely be stained, particularly in the room(s) where they smoked most frequently.While folks will suggest to prime with a sealant primer (such as Zinnsser), if there have been long-term smokers, it may not be sufficient - it will cover in the short-term, but the toxins will eventually find their way to the surface again.We helped to renovate a house where the prior owner had been a heavy smoker for 30+ years.  

Over the next 20 years, the Southeast is going to see the most growth...CA, IL will implode on themselves, the Pacific NW is OK but expensive and buy and holds don't work unless you are talking multi family... the Northeast will continue to lose major employers due to their anti-business policies which will cause a further exodus of the population, the Midwest hasn't had anything going on for 20 years and will continue that trend over the next 20... so what does that leave? 

The deal will need to be strong and you will still need to anti-up some of your own capital.

They are asking the government to increase regulation in the form of stricter anti-trust rules.

I don't know why I'm anti-government intervention. 

I can let you know if it's ever been inspected and what to look out for.MA real estate laws say that you can't rent to a family with kids under 7 unless you have a lead certificate on file with the state and the anti-discrimination laws say you can't not rent to a family because they have a kid under 7 (even if it's because you know there's lead paint), so they basically made it so that any rental with more then 1 bedroom has to be deleaded.

No, most of us who are correctly calling out California for it's anti-business and anti-landlord policies are from Cali and moved away.