I know a landlord up here that has lost their building in a lawsuit over lead paint issues.

I have tried to buy 2 houses and lost due to people with more money and faster reactions. 

Shmita is every 7 years and Jubilee is every 49 years; 7 seven year cycles.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmitahttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_(biblical)Alexander, I've heard that scholars don't know for sure which are the correct years because they lost track some time in history when they weren't observing Shmia.

I love your concept of adding value to the unused potential of a good property, instead of what most people do, which is to try to "recover" the lost value from distressed properties by cleaning up other people's messes.Your strategy is a step above and I hadn't thought in these terms before.

I agree with Lucas - save yourself the misery and lost rent that you would loose. 

Ha, yeah, your joke was completely lost on me.

I tried to get info on how to change it years ago and got lost in the bureaucratic phone system and never got an answer.The city is/has been installing water meters and will eventually switch from the flat rate. 

Regardless of my construction background, I still lost a lot of money on my first flip.

I want it diversified so that when something crashes, not all is lost.

Older people appreciate a good letter, its a lost art really.