Even LA now has an old Hollywood legacy and substantial assets passed down.

Capital improvements have been substantial, $25k+ of my money net of insurance claim proceeds, so I want to make sure I’m getting all that. 

Got it fixed, but the leak was large enough to erode the soil underneath the slab including my furnace room that I noticed the floor sank half an inch.So I found issues with what the tenants don't complain about which in the case of that leak could have caused substantial damage if not attended to quickly.

In case of such breach, Landlord may deliver a written notice to the Tenant in breach specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and that the Lease Agreement will terminate upon a date not less than thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice if the breach is not remedied within a reasonable time not in excess of thirty (30) days; and the Lease Agreement shall terminate and the Tenant shall surrender possession as provided in the notice subject to the following:(a) If the breach is remediable by repairs, the payment of damages, or otherwise, and the Tenant adequately remedies the breach prior to the date specified in the notice, the Lease Agreement shall not terminate; (b) In the absence of a showing of due care by the Tenant, if substantially the same act or omission which constituted a prior noncompliance of which notice was given recurs within six (6) months, the Landlord party may terminate the Lease Agreement upon at least fourteen (14) days written notice specifying the breach and the date of termination of the Lease Agreement; If the Lease Agreement is terminated, Landlord shall return all prepaid and unearned rent, and any amount of the security deposit recoverable by the Tenant.

Just before Christmas I got a big promotion that came with a substantial raise.

I’ll show them the business I’ve built (which in 15-20 years will be substantial) and they’ll want to do the same thing

At the current cost basis, however, these cities will be less likely to provide you satisfactory income per dollar unless you add substantial value to the property.Conversely, cities like Houston, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Detroit, and Tampa have experienced less dramatic appreciation and still offer a great cap rate with a stable industry base, but you are less likely to get massive appreciation. 

There is no limitation on how much you can expense.1) The safe harbor applies to amounts paid during the tax year to acquire or produce what the regs call a “unit of property” (UOP), you must meet these requirements: (1) at the beginning of the tax year, the taxpayer has written accounting procedures treating as an expense for non-tax purposes amounts paid for property costing less than a specified dollar amount (which will be 2500 for you), or with an economic useful life of 12 months or less;.(2) the taxpayer treats the amount paid for the property as an expense on its books and records in accordance with its accounting procedures. ( do this on your bookkeeping software or whatever you utilize)(3) the amount paid for the UOP doesn't exceed $2,500. as substantiated by the invoice Note: The cost for the Unit of Property includes l additional costs (for example, delivery fees, installation services, or similar costs) if these additional costs are included on the same invoice with the tangible property.Eg:A purchases 100 printers at $500 each for a total cost of $500,000 as indicated by the invoice.

Looking for recommendations for a deep shower pan, or a pan with a substantial curb/lip, so that I can hang shower curtain instead of doors.

Account ClosedFor the most part in history, market trends seem to indicate that the housing costs trend upward as do rising interest rates except in the early 1980's as described in by the Urban institute for research on this website:  https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/when-interest-rates-go-healthy-economy-history-says-home-prices-will-riseThe problem was in the 1980's as you can see where although in 1981 housing prices went up, interest rates went up substantially more so the costs of ownership was 4X's worse then someone in 2016.