In terms of "getting work done on the house" (what homeowner, not even an investor, hasn't had to contend with...), that is something better spent "experiencing" outside of college academics.

If the tree is healthy and falls, it's still considered an act of God and the part on your property is yours to contend with.

If you're just starting out, I wouldn't contend with it. 

@Jackson Spiggle,Your time commitment will vary based on the stage of the tenant lifecycle that you’re contending with.For instance, are you trying to get a vacant unit leased?

I had been told by my RE agent it was too far out to be a strong contender, so I guess I have some more due diligence to do as far as location and vacancy.

Before the webinar I had read a local article about a law suit a restaurant was contending with because their parking lot had a more than a 2% grade.

In just the last 2 weeks, Amazon has named Indianapolis has one of the top 20 contenders for the 2nd headquarters and FedEx has announced a $1.5B expansion of their hub there which is FedEx's 2nd largest hub.

For example, RentRedi is free now if you are a BP Pro member that could potentially make it a contender with Innago for my use.

Now... the real cost of real foods went up around 23% over the last 5 years, odd are with global warming and the wacky weather it brings the cost of foods are going to keep going up significantly in the next 40 years and beyond (yeah every one wants to pretend global warming is a myth as island nations are disappearing and New York is building floating real estate today to contend with rising oceans by 2020, and all those folks making a fuss over GMO food are not going to be to high and mighty to eat a mushroom that taste like steak when beef goes up to $25 a lb) so that whole dafy "Lump Sum" thing with retirement accounts don't account for that.

The large companies contend that this ordinance violates federal law and I believe they are correct.