@Frank SanchezDUDE you are sitting on a gold minethat is so coolit's all what they call rough cut and you cannot get that anymorepull up all the flooring and sell it and you should be free and clear on the property-that's what it is worthnot sure what you are doing with it but that type of flooring is dated 1865 or so, if it tongue and groove(honed by hand) it is worth more than gold- or it could be a 50's era slab plate is what it was referred to and it also is worth coin- it might even be a pallet floor which was popular during the depressionfinish it the best you can or if it is a tear out make sure you don't break up the tongueenjoy

.... mais, je doit vous dire que le météo au mois de Janvier à Saint John ou à Calgary sera an peu different que à Abidjan ;-)You are correct in your observations that your capital will go further in Saint John than in Calgary, but there are a few other things to consider:Calgary is a much larger city than Saint John - with both the good and the bad that brings with it;market appreciation and growth would be higher, though perhaps more volatile, in Calgary;the building stock in Saint John, particularly in Uptown, is much, much older than in Calgary (I have buildings that are older than Calgary itself).  

In our Mid-century modern, it was entirely furnished and decorated with 50-60's-era things. 

We have a 1960's era 7 unit & when the 5yr old 75 gal HW Tank decided to burst at the seams @ 5am the calls came in.

You need a different plumber.Surprisingly when I tore down walls for rehab in our old 60's era MF the majority of drain pipe, venting & the 3" stack was copper.

The area is older(70's era), depressed, and has lots of foreclosures still. 

It was a very rough, very rustic, one bed, one bath, 1970's era, well built structure. 

The largest savings we realized was being allowed to personally design, build & install a complete fire sprinkler system within the bowels of our 60's era 7unit apartment building, that was no longer grandfathered in for fire safety. 

We have a similar situation with a '60's era 6-plex.

Admittedly I do all the 'permitted' work & save a LOT & the oldest NG unit is 12 years, with the oldest electric 7 years, both have had no issues at all.In 2017 I replaced an 80gallon HW tank at our 1960's era 7unit with an AO Smith GT15-240 NG & have not had an issue or complaint of 'no hot water', once common with the old 80 gallon.