They've had their windows open and I can't think of any other reasonable places it would be coming from (I live in an urban area) however, I don't know beyond a shadow of a doubt it's them.

We live in a society where everyone wants it all now, are not willing to make the sacrifices to make it happen.

If you do go with a portfolio loan, try to have it fully amortize.One of the reasons, at least in Kansas City that many are very very careful about buying in the C and D class neighborhoods because at the same time all of this was happening in our urban core in the Great Recession, those with BRRRR in A, B, and fringe areas, they were for the most part able to sell because prices were not so over inflated and the properties were easier to rent and keep rented because they were in better areas.

It seems kind of crazy to me that a society the runs based off money doesn't teach the basics of how it works to our children.

It’s unfortunate that we have become such a litigious society and have to spend so much time and effort (and cost) to protect ourselves

INNER city urban  is not small town middle America population 20k..  

I'm also interested to learn about manufacturers who might have designs for this purpose that would be suitable for an urban setting.

I like these amongst ,many other right nowREXR - (Rexford) they are a niche (sub-specialist) in industrial warehouse/distribution/manufacturing in the southern California only urban or Infil area, they are not international like PLD - prologis, their MOAT is that SO-Cal has geographic limitation to new inventory, so they have rent pricing power that industrial in rest of country doesn't, also 26 million people in so-Cal and the 2 busiest Ports in country, their earning/revenue projections next few years are best in class, and they are cheaper on price to book than PLD or others, I own some and will buy a lot more in upcoming Recession, likely in next 6-12 months, when publicly traded equities will likely slide by 20-30% although their assets (physical buildings) are only going up in valueVICI- (casino REIT), used to be part of Cesars palace, then Caesars spun them out in 2018, to do sale leasebacks of their properties to take all that physical capex off the books.

Definatly ambulance chasing lawyers are a major concern in society today.

Account Closed  Totally agree with you... this is why new construction in the mid west is pretty much relegated to higher end SFR's and or urban renewal etc.Most of the rental properties in the mid west coast far less to buy than they would cost to rebuild... ergo land in those areas is worthless...