At least 2,600 victims invested their retirement savings, totaling about $400 million.Shapiro siphoned off $35 million for his own benefit, according to prosecutors, spending $3.1 million for chartering private planes and travel, $6.7 million on a home, $2.6 million on home improvements, $1.8 million on personal income taxes, $1.4 million for his ex-wife, and more than $672,000 on luxury automobiles.Roseman received $2.5 million for himself and Acevedo received $1.1 million, prosecutors said.The Securities and Exchange Commission’s previous enforcement action in 2017 was settled in January for a total of $1 billion in penalties and disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, the agency said.

I earn money paying off the mortgage, increasing the value of the property by theming and improving the property, building a clientele, getting high rates, etc.I automate and use good process. 

Thanks for your professional input.Great way of giving advise to a beginner landlord that wants to improve his business.

Then run sold comps with keywords; renovated, updated, improvements.  

The building should be maintained well CAM needs to be done and it needs to look good and be desirable  but taking a C Class to B Class or A Class can be expensive and not worth the costGetting good rents by reasonable improvments that are cost effective in my experience leads to more flow than a total gut. 

However there are nice streets even in bad neighborhoods and the only way a neighborhood improves is when people invest and make it better.

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Even if no written agreement it seems everyone has agreed to it since it has been allowed and improved.

@Tahiv Grantham In a lot of towns they will cross reference with the building inspectors as to whether or not you made any improvements.