--------------------------------------------------------You do realize that only "Big Government" can fight fires on the scale California has now, and only "Big Government" can do the clean up necessary so redevelopment can be started afterwards.You're just going to let those toxic waste lots sit and fester while people next door rebuild?

I am just wondering if this is how interest calculate in HELOC.Well, yes, you have the calculation ok.That's probably not the best way to do this: create a new debt and let the interest "fester".

Appreciation would be more key here, but don't buy rentals based on appreciation.If you ignore things, then things will just fester with time and things will turn more against you and STRs in general.

Plus, democracy has a way of showing its warts, whereas dictators jail and kill the people who try to expose them, which makes them fester more. 

The other stuff takes time to fester.

If that contempt and resentment festers, this will not end well.

Don’t let it fester.

@Alison P.One thing to note (and I’m guilty of this ) by simply saying it’s between the tenants can fester into a problem if not resolved .

Most of the time mold will not be this type of strain but it depends on geography and length of time left to fester.

It is the rare individual in the convenience-selling segment of the service industry who can recognize this tendency and stoutly resist acquiring it over time or allowing it to fester in the people who work for them.