As you can imagine they were displeased that they were served a 30 day notice as they just signed to continue tenancy on a MTM basis.

I am unsure as to the foundation of the cottage, but the modular portion appears to have been a poured slab (approx. 5" deep) with concrete block skirting. 

But that PM fee times 20 or 50 or 100 properties eventually adds up to quite a bit I'd imagine.

Currently San Antonio has 3.8 months of inventory on the sale side meaning it's still a sellers market but creeping towards a buyers market which is above 6 months of inventory.I imagine we'll see this number decrease as we move into the year.

Imagine you refinance your home to get the funds and then you don't get around to finishing the project until a year later. 

i would imagine it as a long process to obtain the lien certification from department of revenue.  

You could sister it and/or dig & pour 24" deep concrete pads in the floor to support additional jackposts. 

I was formerly in law enforcement and saw a lot of this kind of thing with people repeatedly calling in for burglars in the attic, imagined break-ins, etc. 

Anyway, I cant imagine why they would want to stay in my building if they are making so little, but they are refusing to move their equipment. 

I would also say that markets like Manhattan are not super representative of most markets in the US - a lot of foreign investment I'd imagine in NYC, Miami etc - I'd guess a lot of these cash purchases are more about exchanging unstable or risky foreign assets/currencies for perceived stability/safety of US top metro residential real estateI think in a lot of other markets where this isn't relevant - I think most are cash offers being "king" as not having appraisal or other contingencies that might sabotage the sale after 30 days or so and make people re-list (sellers will take less to avoid this risk and downside)