This is bananas.

@Caleb Hogan your sheer force of will should be studied and documented. As someone who struggles with distractions, I truly admire your ability to COMMIT.

@Kyle Brose things are good, just got my down payment back from the bank due to water metering, sold one vacant home and filling a vacant site next week, wrapping up the abandonment process on an eviction and getting ready to figure out what to do with his home, and put a bunch of improvements into the park so far. It was a much heavier lift than i was expecting, but things are settling a little now and I just need to get the park filled up so I can start kicking out the annoying people.

@Kyle Brose yeah that didn’t amount to much, although I still have one resident who is pushing back on my efforts to clean up the park. She’d rather live in a slum and pay less, than see the property improve and her rent go up. Too bad. Oh and I got out a bunch of druggies too. That’s been good. There’s one left, and I’m trying to strong arm him into compliance because he does pay (and I don’t really want to get rid of paying tenants if I can get them to clean up their act). But I think he’s a lost cause and I’m certain I’ll end up in court with him.

@Kyle Grimm another question about this water line riser… how do you heat tape and insulate inside that narrow pipe? And how far down does it go? I was thinking the corrugated drain pipe should go down at least 3 feet, but there would be no way to heat tape/insulate the water line inside that drain pipe unless it’s wide in diameter….

@Kyle Grimm thanks!

@Henry Ware jeez, how much time do you have? This park is kicking my butt! Don’t let anyone tell you this business is passive!

@Henry Ware oh yes I’m making a lot of progress, got a bunch of drug dealers and undesirables out already, and getting close to filing for eviction against my last drug house. I’ve got the tenants all being billed directly for water now, so that was a $160K value add. Just lots of little things, contractor challenges, behavioral and mental health issues, personality conflicts, infill challenges…. Lots of stuff you don't always hear about. This park was neglected for a long time and I’m now realizing just how rough it’s gotten. But we’re making lots of headway and it’s going to be a great asset when the turnaround is done!