There are actual warm-bodied owners with actual retail mindset emotions on the other side of the negotiating table they will have to buy from. 

I would be curious to know how your co-workers reacted?

Real estate agents became a thing and they were able to essentially practice law under limited circumstances, in a very limited capacity and  with ethics training, educational requirements, insurance, using pre-approved forms and under the oversight of a regulating body that can levy fines and revoke licenses.

I consider myself pretty resilient but I don't know how I would've reacted when tenants started dying in my properties!

I'm not afraid of hard work, it's just that my body now dictates how much I can do, so I can't commit to the hustle that others can.

Toledo investors and landlords had our day in court today and really the day could not have gone better.We were awarded our preliminary injunction immediately stopping the enactment of the ordinance...we now have an absolute unequivocal ruling that the City of Toledo cannot carry forward with the threat to fine landlords who don't comply with their ordinance.This ruling is of course in advance of the Judge's final ruling on the case...for a permanent injunction of the entire ordinance.Of note - our esteemed Judge awarded our injunction citing validity OF ALL FOUR key justifications of the lawsuit:- The city of Toledo city council cannot hand over enforcement powers it doesn't possess as a legislative body (the cornerstone of unconstitutionality) over to the Lucas County Health Dept.- The city failed to have an agreement with the LCHD when they enacted the ordinance (they created one months later when we requested a copy for our lawsuit).- There is a violation of the equal protection of individuals (landlords) in enforcing this ordinance ONLY on owners 1-4 units and not on all rentals or all homes built before 1978.- The city fumbled the definition of Owner in their municipal code (we filed the issue in court about a week ago)...anyone who had a utility bill and controlled the property was considered an owner and thus exempt from the ordinance so totally muddying the waters two weeks before implementation was to occur.

"Where imposture, ignorance, and brutal cupidity, are the stock in trade of a small body of men, and one is described by these characteristics, all his fellows will recognize something belonging to themselves, and each will have a misgiving that the portrait is his own."

Can you pay body guards or is it a lost cause.

:You're 23 years old, seemingly able-bodied, and you claim you can't find a job in an area (New England) with 3.9% unemployment.

The housing market will not react.