He talks about starting with a sick or vacation day, and telling your boss that you couldn't stay away from the work you had to do, so your worked at home and found it to be so much more productive because there are less interruptions and could focus more and got more done.

A lot of people are nervous about getting a deal done and stay idle.

I'm trying to stay a few steps ahead so I can put a long term game plan together. 

He said with a year lease, there's a deadline to make a decision - stay or go?

Are you thinking of staying in the South Side with your investments or go somewhere else in city?

You may get tenants that stay for years .

I am looking for long term tenants which could possibly stay 2 to 3 years but the initial lease will be one year to begin with.

If anything it constitutes an intent to stay another month.The easiest way to handle it is to ask the landlord for a month-to-month while you move out, with an agreement that you'll vacate within 2 weeks of the landlord finding a new tenant.

Stay away from "Events" of those kinds.Find a good Guru or mentor, or just take action on your own.

Had she stayed as a tenant you could have had some creative solutions like section 8 help or an active aging program but the outcome is fixed at this point