The only caution with vinyl is the potential for rocks to put holes in it from mowing/snow-blowing and for grills to melt it - if you allow grills.

I just ended up here right before the melt down and it turned out to be ground zero for all the foreclosure activity in the IE so I didn't leave.

Cognitive processing takes a lot of calories.

I do the backs, bottoms and all edges before installing.I build a 2x4 base that fits perfectly underneath the inside of the base of the cabinets because well meaning tenants tend to spill the mop buckets they use every year or so and the bottom edge of those particleboard cabinets crumbles and sinks and melts into the floor "if" it ever gets wet.I too use 1x4's to back up all towel rods and such.I use 3/4 inch galvanized pipe for all shower curtain rods installed strong enough to do pull-ups.I use contact paper for all tub and shower surrounds.

I suspect now its going great one of the centers was BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION.. but the 600 homes that were suppose to go in next door got shelved. in a 08 style melt down NOTHING is immune some areas trundle through other areas its mass extinction. 

I have no magic answer. for me personally I have been active real estate agent/broker since I was 18 i have made millions and LOST millions ( 2008 melt down like many others in that time frame) this go around for me it's TRUE equity not size gross size of the portfolio for me personally. and again, for most of us that are actively engaged in real estate be it lending providing capital to flippers making real estate commissions .. 

@Anish Tolia I appreciate your honesty Amish, no worries I’m not going to melt with a bit of rain.

I sure hope this one is contained though and not a full blown melt down.. 

Stock Market "melt up" hasn't happened yet.

Flagstaff is beautiful, but cold in the winter with a lot of snow (it dumps and then melts & re-freezes - watch out for black ice), is mainly a college town, and is very cliquey (if you were not born and raised there, you will always be considered an outsider by the locals).