pretty much assume that you will be gutting it to studs if not more... electrical can melt... pipes... 

Perhaps I have the wrong idea about money, but I start with 2,000 calories a day, which is the amount of food I need to keep my metabolism going.

My sister-in-law turned on the oven and melted my mandolin, my father-in-law melted my cutting board.

Every time we have a correction, it is different factors that cause the melt down.

And this is coming from a guy who routinely melts down on my cell, cable, internet provider tech lines.

Just because you are now Financially free from REI doesn't mean you should stop being a Doctor, Dentist, etc.What it means is that you have the CHOICE of stopping or even scaling back your current profession.What it also means is that because you don't NEED the job, the stress from your job melts from your shoulders and you can now enjoy what you spent most of your life trying to do.You will even be healthier because of the lack of stress!

If they have enough copper, aluminum, and other resaleable metal their "melt value" may be higher than their cost--kind of like buying scrap gold LOL! 

@Mike Dymski  having been and worked for the 80s versions of modern day syndicators and having had a front row seat to the melt downs.. your exactly right it starts off very innocently.usually because they have so many investor in so many deals they don't want the word to get out that they have a bummer.... so lets just borrow from the reserve account of  Del Boca Vista Number 1 it will be short term loan we have the right to do it.. :)  then it just starts to go down hill.also many times these high flyers are very late to change their lifestyles.. and that adds to the cash flow stress.I mean I was totally stressed in those days I got wrapped up in a Civil rico with one of them..

Travel is also pretty slow due to the stagecoach roads getting muddy when the glaciers melt.

At a certain point, I can see the scales tipping to paying off the loans, but if you are in your growth phase, leverage is the name of the game. someone posted above on how you go through phases and no question debt is necessary to scale.and its a balance of those things and personal decisions if you want to Dave Ramsey it or BP it.. for me though and having a front row seat to the 08 to 2011 melt down and the 89 to 93 CA melt down.. thinking your protected when you have 75 to 80% LTV loans is just kidding yourself.. you have no equity.. in those scenarios  ... and exits can be painful if values drop even a little. and you are in need of exiting.. or your leveraged to the hilt and your cash flow drops by 20% most folks would be in trouble..