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The economy of communion really sees businesses as a community of persons. And in our rental properties, that is pretty clear. That's played out in pretty clear ways. Everything from um the guys who work for us coming into relationship not only with us but with one another, relationships that they wouldn't have if they weren't doing odd jobs for us, painting and handyman work and all of that stuff. But then they also form relationships with the tenants. our tenants, they, you know, your handyman, you know, who's coming in to fix your toilet, you know, and these guys also live in our neighborhood.

So, they end up being the handyman to our tenants, but also the neighbor to our tenants. We had a I had a niece who lived in one of our buildings. And you know, um, we live in a upand cominging neighborhood, shall we call it, but 15 years ago, um, it was not as up and coming. And so here she is, suburban girl right out of college. You wouldn't think she'd be comfortable in this neighborhood with the characters who are walking down the street.

Um, but she one day said to us, "Oh, all of a sudden I realized that's Joey who lives over there and there's Richard Blue and there's Karine and I felt perfectly safe in this neighborhood. All these people are friends of my uncle working for him. They're all looking out for me." And so it was a neat it was a neat testament to the way in which forming these relationships transformed her experience of living in this neighborhood.