I bought a few packs of sawzall pruning blades and a cheap electric chainsaw from Harbor Freight (After ripping the cord out of my trusty gas powered first thing that morning.)Me and my helper went to work.

I cannot tell you what the future holds as far as the rate at which rent will increase but 40 years at 4% increases is pretty powerful. 

A tenet in one of the units (a triplex) had broken into the box and was stealing power from what we thought at the time was another unit but it turned out to be the power company.

@Kris HaskinsHi Kris,I'm just waiting for people to come out and say you can't do that.  

Our system will operate at 200 psi so there will be little chance of causing damage and our results will last 3-4 times longer than a power wash.

Is it the power of marketing and the dollar behind it.  

Wait until the coldest day of the year and cut their power.  

Another thing to keep in mind is that only "police and welfare power" municipal liens must be paid before obtaining a tax deed in IL, other muni liens and judgments do not have to reimbursed and are the liability of the former owner not the tax buyer.

Property #4 Traditional financing with the Power of networking – As soon as we freed up some cash, we put the word out that we were looking and David came through with a block of four buildings about to go on the market.

Most contracts warrant power of sale and hopefully buyer #2's contract included this.