@Patricia SteinerI love that you used grateful as a key component!

When I do buy a W/D I get a basic work horse model that has the least amount of electrical components to it, simple dial knobs for controls and hopefully a push button to start.

Playing in the distressed asset field for all these years this is the root cause along with simply being very poor money managers and using too much credit to their detriment.. you know the 250k house with 100k in cars the boat and the RV.

I like how you take stoke of the life of the different components of your properties, I will take that page out of your book!

This is just adding an experiential component but can also be a bit of a gimmick. 

@Karl B.There does seem to be a huge family component to this.

If you are looking to keep or increase your quality of life, being near family may be a big component.

If you’re not buying multiple deals a month I’d say spending this money would be detrimental to future wealth creation.

Think sewer line, water line, sink holes.Businesses which use water will be increasingly stressed by increased costs and lack of availability of this key component of their business.

I think most landlords with experience see right through it, but for some less experienced members it could be a very expensive lesson, or, as I saw in one recent forum about asbestos, for example, even be detrimental to their health.For this reason I'd like to add to @Eric M.'