Deep in a hellish real estate fiasco nightmare and plagued with obstacle upon obstacle; Colin and Pam Rath persevered and managed to crawl to safety. It started with obtaining the right from the city to renovate a single-room occupancy rent-controlled "transient hotel" brownstone building and only got worse. From financial problems of a construction project gone haywire to the tune of $13.5 million; to contractor woes; accidents on the construction site; the disaster of a fraudulently installed foundation; falsified reports; a corrupt and antiquated Department of Buildings; political interference; and numerous lawsuits; their real estate project and personal residence was foreclosed; leaving them $13 million in debt. Nevertheless; they continued to hang on to their dreams of Manhattan real estate development and of a global sailing adventure with their children. In a surprising legal development in 2014; their foreclosure was dropped and their multi-million-dollar condo became theirs again; free and clear. The Raths story of tragedy and triumph will inspire anyone with a dream and prove that the flames of failure dont have to destroy your vision; rather; they can toughen it; like tempered steel.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Drawing Painting Trees in the LandscapeBy william sharpThis is an amazing book. It makes drawing nature so enjoyable. Before I struggled with drawing any kind of background for my drawings because I was very generic . All the backgrounds looked the same; but now my backgrounds seem to come alive because I now can mix up my scenery to match the theme of my drawings. This is diffidently my favorite book for doing landscapes. William Sharp3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Kindle version has poor quality images - terrible thing to do to a great art bookBy Hugh B.Great book; Kindle version suffers from low resolution images and much of the book is image script explanations. Buy the paperback version.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. My instructor introduced me to these books and Im so glad she did.By Diann WorthamI love Claudia Nice books; so much attention to detail; so simple and easy to follow; and really down-to-earth explainations. Her work is absolutely beautiful. Great book for the novice and advanced artists. All books that Ive ordered on .com have been quality and extremely helpful in my advancement from novice to advanced artist. I highly recommend this book.
