This link might be helpful on crime increasing/decreasing in Chicago....Inequality Gap in Public Safety in Chicago

If you're saying the tax rates should be decreased with inflation, then the amount of actual dollars governments would collect would go down.

I find it puzzling that the APR increases as the amount we would borrow decreases.

And, a suit is in the public record which can scare off potential buyers and decrease the value of your property.Even when you win, you're still losing.

This decreases the amount of water the toilet uses. 

You increase your revenue and decrease your costs IF you have sales skills and are a people person.Hope it helps. 

This applies when you personally take a distribution from your IRA and as long as you deposit those funds into another IRA within 60 days this would not be considered taxable event.What you are trying to do is called "Transfer", that is when you move funds from one custodian directly to another custodian for another IRA that you have.

If the wood floors, bathrooms, kitchen, and hardware are redone, will leaving the windows decrease the value immensely?

If you are considering a home targeted towards families and the area is aging, you will likely find demand decreasing.

The IRS let's you depriciate it over 29 1/2 years.So, although we are cash flow positive, because of the mortgage interest, deprecation and other expenses, we show a loss every year, which is deducted from our taxable income annually.I hope that answers your question.