The Los Angeles TIMES recently carried a touching story about an 80 year old man who entered into an agreement with three young couples who were renting apartments in his building. He agreed to allow them to buy their apartments at a very low rate. Please do not misunderstand. This was not your typical condominium conversion. He was selling them their apartments at a much lower rate than they could obtain them on the open market. This was his gift to these six young people who had been there when he needed them .

Dan Sullivan’s wife of fifty years, Ruby, had been dying of cancer. For much of that time she was beyond help and pain relievers. Nights were the worst. When her cries of pain tore him apart, all Dan Sullivan could do was to bang on the apartment wall for support. One of the youn…