>> I mean, think about it. The longer I have the property, the older and
>> therefore less desirable it becomes. The green fields around it get
>> built on, reducing the value. The surrounding properties get cheaper so
>> the wrong sort of people start moving in and making the neighbourhood
>> undesirable. And so on.
>
> And you also make improvements to the house.  You might (for example) put
> a new roof on it, or build an addition, or redo the kitchen.  Those
> things add value.

Hmm, OK. I'm not sure how much of that I'm allowed to do since I'm not 
actually buying the entire thing, I'm renting part of it from somebody 
else. It's just one more of the things on my list of stuff I need to 
figure out...

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