I reached out to the city to designate it a quiet zone but that process is lengthy and costly, and they said that conductors would still likely use the horn due to the location of the crossing.

In particular, how difficult/lengthy is it from the time a tenant stops paying rent to when they are evicted and the search for a new tenant can begin.

At the most basic level investing in securities (stocks or bonds) means you are purchasing a small slice of the future economic returns of that company.

What makes a self-directed IRA custodian different is that they are not purely connected to the public exchanges and limited to investing in stocks, bonds and funds, but rather have the staff training and paperwork to document the IRA's investment in the more individualized transactions that occur when investing in real estate, notes and other non-traditional assets.

(ii) A debt instrument, deposit, stripped bond, stripped coupon (including a servicing right treated for federal income tax purposes as a stripped coupon), regular interest in a REMIC or FASIT, or any other intangible treated as debt for federal income tax purposes.

Your dollar is losing value in the bank and inflation kills stockes and bonds.

Then, I invested the difference into real estate, stocks, bonds, etc. 

(f) Unpaid assessments under the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code) that are not satisfied as a result of the sale proceeds being applied pursuant to Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 4671) of Part 8, or that are being collected through a foreclosure action pursuant to Part 14 (commencing with Section 8830)of Division 10 of the Streets and Highways Code.

The term length is often lasts 10 years and can include restrictions on sale during the term.

Getting permits with the local utility company was a lengthy process.