We shifted because we didn't want them sold off individually. Then we could end up with absentee landlords.

I've had great success with the program, especially with absentee landlords. They've hired landscapers and are really keeping their properties clean.

Everybody becomes an absentee voter.

By the way, you wouldn't edit this paper, would you? I've sold it, and I'm looking for an editor. And I think you might be the guy.

Our vendors have been very patient. The same (goes) for landlords.

The profits were staggering. In 1966, a Chicago landlord told a court that on a single property he had made $42,500 in rent but paid only $2,400 in maintenance. When accused of making excessive profits, the landlord simply replied, “That’s why I bought the building.