Commercial Real Estate Pro Network

J Darrin Gross  I'd like to ask you, Ben Spiegel, what is the BIGGEST RISK?   Ben Spiegel   So, land, like I said, we were talking on our economy. When we started our conversation before the podcast began, landlords are Sue land that landlords sued 25 times more than the next business than the next highest sued business. So we're already in a very elevated risk, risk type of business. So I think the major form of risk obviously, when you have ambulance chasers out there looking to profit off of almost any opportunity they can. And so it depends really, it for example, I own a multifamily in Bridgeport, Connecticut, which is, you know, about an hour away from me, and I found a tenant was putting marbles in the lobby, to try to encourage a slip and fall because she's unhappy about her current lease situation. I mean, I've really, I've seen it all. And so but what I went, I think what it comes down to protecting yourself is, when I first started and to give advice, when I first started in this business, I'm just