@Roy N.Sometimes insulating ancient brick buildings is very impractical.

It's amazing how much of our legal system still uses that ancient language.

:@Jian GuanYou see, in Greek culture it's a big black mark against you to drink heavily, even to regularly drink spirits.

The owners usually slam crappy tenants in and then claim the property is stable after 1 year etc. with minimal repairs and the expensive stuff to replace is ancient.

Makes no sense to look at ancient days when trying to analyze a modern-day housing crisis. 

The only time I encountered that was in the Greek Islands in 1980.  

And with the exception of the ancient but functional furnace in the main house, I don't see much reason to put off repairs- so I wouldn't lose much to go ahead and do a full rehab all at once, and have a better property from the word go. 

I don't want to spend a day and a half writing out my exit strategy, but yes, I want out of ancient Yinzerburgh crapshacks and their typical denizens. 

Booze is almost completely gone now -- my brother is a Mormon and I'm pretty sure I drink less than he does.I still like good coffee, but instant coffee and Greek frappe (if you don't know what that is, you're better off) is out.The big wrench in the works happened two years ago when a lot of my renovation physical activity caught up to me and I got arthritis in my hip.

I used to go to school with the son of a famous Greek shipping tycoon, crazy rich, net worth up in the hundreds of millions.