He teaches people how to not rely on OTA (Airbnb vrbo) because what happens if they shut down like they did in COVID. 

The electric utility was shut off.

This is essentially a $6,000+ job of a brand new panel and outside shut off valve for what was previously a perfectly functioning system that had never given any issues. 

I don't want to invest in something and then the City shuts down the development idea that is the whole basis for the investment. 

Buy a church and convert.  

I was able to gain entry today, he trusted me to inspect the unit and asked if I could change the locks.When I was there, everything was pretty much the same mess but the electric utilities were shut off.

That will make this an open-and-shut case.

My church has a 100+ year old building (original church)  that is on less than 2 acres which includes a cemetery across the street from our current building located in JeffersonCounty,  MO. 

I did have an underground pipe burst once, as well as a leaking shut off valve another time, but that doesn't seem to be typical.

Church, mom, dad, anonymous doner, it doesn't matter.