The primary concerns many investors have with condos are HOA fees, board management and fiscal responsibility, and having attached neighbors who could bring down your values or rentability.

I'm attempting to stretch our collective landlord imagination the same way - with fiction.Anyway, back to the drawing board to work out a better phrase to describe a landlord that uses their rental in a new manner to diversify income so they aren't solely reliant on tenant rents.

under one of these sheds because the shed was boarded up.

Ultimately, we are going to have to agree to disagree.Some prefer the Trump model where you leverage when needed but keep that leverage compartmentalized.Some prefer the Kiyosaki model where you leverage across the board as much as possible with no compartmentalization.Just comparing the overall results of the two JUST in real estate tells me everything I need to know. :)And for the record, I am not a Trump University attendee.

You have made me very appreciative that we have a CCB (Construction Contractor's Board) in the state of Oregon to deal with this type of stuff. 

My floor guy said to run a dehumidifier in the basement for a month and then he will come back and fix the boards.  

This won't matter if your going to use cement backer board, because you screw those into the subfloor over the thinset; but with Ditra its a no-go.  

Hi Robert,You may experience longer waits when dealing with making changes to homes in a HPOZ as changes in such an area often have to through a review boards. 

Seriously, I'm on many town boards and volunteer a lot and have a great reputation.  

I am a Board Member of The Chicago Area REIA and we charge $99 for an individual membership and $20 to add a partner/spouse on to your membership.