If you think about it, that's the only secure way a bank can be sure that any money they pay out doesn't just get stolen ... the value is already added to the house before they pay for it, so their loan is still secured to a house that is worth what they've paid out (in total) so far (and at each step of the way).There are plenty of contractor stories where a contractor just made off with the money they were paid without doing the work, essentially stealing the money ...

Here are some tips to avoid getting your ads stolen:1) Do not put the address in the ad. 

So I wonder if these people's laundry money is stolen one way or the other (ie free wash or someone actually stealing the money)I have a JV building that has quite a few of units and we are thinking of installing coin-op vs card-op machines.

In fact, one of my employees showed me her lease and it was completely stolen from me.

My experience is you fix something, you make something nice it is either stolen or smashed and destroyed by the tenants.

Almost mugged once (saved by a bystander), car was stolen, seen the local CVS running after shop lifters multiple times etc.

Well, a "friend" of mine that had the same problem of abandoned property in a foreclosure for several months came back one day to find the front door kicked open and somebody had stolen all of the prior owners abandoned property and removed it from the house.

I would never fix and flip in low income neighborhoods because a) stolen tools  b) stolen materials/appliances c) even when you finish the rehab, who you gonna sell to? 

or I suppose you probably bought bit coins when they first came out..

Or bonds, or stocks, or bitcoin, or crude oil.... you name it.Cheers...