(or is it an "ancient chinese secret...lol)

The house was an REO and I had the old air handler replaced with a new Goodman when I bought it, because the old one was ancient.

Some good thoughts.There is an excellent book which talks about this in an ancient parable-esque way - The Richest Man in Babylon.

By central I mean cities like Hue, Lang Co, Da Nang, and Hoi An :) Yes, Hoi An is a charming city with a lot of history and ancient architecture. 

Rent Manager's interface is ancient compared to Buildium.

I did this when I lived in NJ had to go to the county courthouse and go on their ancient computers and pull each record.  

In the real old days (I'm ancient) that term didn't exist.  

The most important thing that I teach our Wholesalers is that You are only as good as your "rolodex" (ancient cardboard (papyrus) device that stored names and phone numbers;-) Now replaced by "contacts" list on iPhones).Here's the goal: When you walk to your car from getting an agreement signed by a Seller you must be able to call at least two Buyers that can take you out of your contract for a fee!

The only issue is that it comes with an ancient lien from the city from 1992 that has been accumulating up to the tune of about 1M.

given the limited electrical capacity, lack of insulation, steam boiler and ancient plumbing, etc.