Quote Originally Posted by Honky Tonk View Post
Not even necessarily fixing it up, just waiting for the value to increase, then selling it. This was common practice during the housing market boom during the start of the century. 27 properties. I wonder how he managed to pay City taxes on all of those?
You got the wrong guy. I have known Joel for decades. He not some suburban slum-lord speculator. He has lived at his house on Charlotte all along through the most difficult years, amid great danger and steadily accumulated properties of which his friends have dubbed "Landyland".

That he might be reaping the rewards makes me happy. They are well-deserved and hard-earned. He is still humble and a tireless worker. If you go the Burton Theater you will find him dishing out the popcorn.

He has not simply sat on them either. The Addison, Burton School and [forget the other school name by the expressway] along with several historical structures on Peterboro and Charlotte exist because of his effort and he has plans for all.

And yeah he pays his taxes. You won't find him losing anything to foreclosure.