The guys love doing work as a part of their therapy, making a few bucks and staying occupied and away from drugs/alcohol/crime.

I would take others investors sign on monday afternoon if they were still out, wipe the permanent marker off with rubbing alcohol or cheap colon and write my own words on it.

I am not an lawyer (and I do not play one on TV ;-)) but I went looking on masslegalhelp.org and found this nugget on Federal public housing:Federal public housingIf you are applying for federal public housing, a housing authority  must deny your application if it finds that:A household member is currently engaged in illegal use of a drug, or the  Housing Authority has reasonable cause to believe a household member's illegal  use of a drug or pattern of illegal use of a drug may threaten the health,  safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents.1 The Housing Authority has reasonable cause to believe that a household  member's abuse or pattern of abuse of alcohol may threaten the health, safety,  or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents.2   Importantbefore denying a person housing based on illegal drug use or alcohol  abuse, a housing authority may consider evidence of rehabilitation3.Any member of your household is subject to a lifetime registration  requirement under a state sex offender registration program.4 Any household member has been convicted of the manufacture or production of  methamphetamine in federally assisted housing.5 Any household member has been evicted from federally assisted housing for  drug-related criminal activity within the past three  years.6   ImportantA housing authority can also let your household in if the person who  engaged in the drug-related criminal activity has  successfully completed a supervised, approved rehabilitation program, or if the  circumstances leading to the eviction no longer exist—for example, the household  member has died or is in jail.7 In addition to the automatic denials listed above, a housing authority  may deny applicants "whose habits and practices reasonably may  be expected to have a detrimental effect on the residents or the project  environment."8 This means that a housing  authority has wide discretion over whom it allows  into its federal public housing programs.

Generally pools solicited for private consumption are smaller in size not exceeding $20 Million and even then those pools generally allow investors to bid and buy smaller portions of the pool.  

Gabriel,I am in N-B these days, but, even after all this time, there is much I miss of MTL.The software application we have developed - and are planning to refine for outside consumption next year - is a building monitoring & automation solution for the small to medium sized landlord with numerous SFH or small Multi-family properties.

Depending on the class of the tenant they might need money for many things.Drugs, alcohol, food, bailing someone out of jail, car payment, illness and on and on.They can usually find somewhere to crash so if they get money today they might want to move and figure out things later on.

While a more efficient boiler will lower gas/oil/electricity consumption to produce heat, if 50% of that heat is escaping through non air-sealed, uninsulated (R4-R5) walls & roof and single pane windows, you are still waisting energy & money, and your building will still be draughty and uncomfortable.

Arguements about pay, mileage, gas consumption, etc.With the new guys, as soon as I break down exactly what they are complaining about, they find something else to argue and change topic.

Then call engineering department for water and see how much sq ft of room space is average consumption.

And that link also discusses cost-effectiveness vs savings in energy consumption over life of equipment.