My grandfather and grandmother owned a bra factory and my cousins made their own shoes and had a shoe store.

If you own one property, you are at the mercy of the normal rental rates in that area.If I were in your shoes, I would prefer to own one property, with multiple units i.e a commercial building, since you only have to travel to one place to collect rent, perform maintenance & check up on that property.

HD will threaten to enforce unless you pay them to remove restrictions...Its all just leverage....to be used or not.If you'd like leverage, buy about 3-5% of HD stock and now the shoe is on the other foot!

You also have to put yourself in their shoes.

That is because if there is a title defect, even if it arose before the grantor's period of ownership, the title insurance company will pay off, and then step into the shoes of the grantee and sue the grantor under its warranties.

Yes, I know one of them was paid off but it still might be worth it.Then, however you refinance these, were I in your shoes, I'd be focusing on paying these off as quickly as the cash flow allowed.Others disagree on that strategy, you might too.

By agreeing to pay for a portion of the rent of your parents, you may have stepped into the shoes of what is known as a "surety" or a "guaranty".

If anyone talks to you about it tell them the truth and ask they what they would do in your shoes?

"Well you got the money, you can wait, my kids need new school shoes!"

You basically step into the shoes of the current landlord.