I was originally from NYC and in the Information Technology profession but, some unavoidable circumstances 2 years ago forced our family to moved to Alabama.  

This unavoidable demand for security and exclusivity will always perpetuate the market foreward.

It's the thing I dreaded about moving from NYC where taxes aren't based on recent sales price, to CA where they are. it was unavoidable but at least, yeah, i bought 100k UNDER market value as squatters were living in the house after the old couple living had passed on and left to their next of kin who just apparently let the property go for a number of years to squatters' destruction.

It's unavoidable.

It is unavoidable, and I think if you analyze your investment career, Mike, you will see that you've had some mistakes/failures.

I keep a very tight hold on the budget but if it goes over because of unavoidably problems I don't have to cut corners to do it right.I or my trained assistant visit each property at least once a month.

The last fee is pretty large and seemingly unavoidable given how the city assesses taxes, but what about the others?

It's pretty much unavoidable.  

Sometimes this is unavoidable, but with really strong screening and checking on the property periodically your odds go up big time.

So, you could argue that the laws here have made it a business expense that is unavoidable.