I pulled everything I had via HELOC and all my dry powder into Tesla and now have enough to retire on the French Riviera.  

There is risk, much more than most people understand.My guess is 90% of the people have no money, so they are really trying to start, run, maintain some kind of a profitable business on a shoestring....wouldn't matter if it is real estate, dry cleaning, restaurant, snow cone stand, or whatever....doing it with no budget and no money is very very very tough. 

I'm not too keen on emptying the Colorado to the point that it's dry by the time it gets to Mexico, either.  

You have a very dry sense of humor. ;-) Keep it up.Aa they say in the "gator lending community".

I think after she gets out I will encourage her to report the property to code enforcement too because the exterior steps to her unit are rotted such that they are dangerous which I mentioned to her before but she didn't want to make waves.  

If possible, reduce or eliminate water going down the drains until the drainfield dries out.

No such thing as 100% risk free...In dry areas trees too close can be a fire risk.  

Perfect.WELL, One cold Sunday night (why wouldn’t it be LOL) I went down into my basement and found both (2) of my oil tanks slowly leaking from the bottom from rotting from the inside out over the decades.

It is made of railroad ties which are treated with creosote and do eventually rot, though it can take many, many years.

Exterior Decking:Exterior Decking damaged unsafe to use with advanced wood decayExterior Window and Door Framing:Active moisture staining rot and termite damagestone foundation:significant pargement and mortar deterioration needs stone repointing and parged to avoid potential stone shiftingEnvironmental concerns:Basement lot of mold Mold TestsConfirmed cladpsporium and hyphase and pencillium type of modls in basement at unusual levelPest TestsVisible evidence of wood destroying insects and dea insects and termite related damage noticed.