The well went dry our third year there so we spent a lot on that, but it was unavoidable.

Let this dry overnight.

He checked our water box on the sidewalk and said it's dry, and suggested that the leak might not be from our water line. 

My tenant has been dealing with a mess, noise, inconvenience and heating a cold house since the dry wall got pulled out in November.

They remodeled in 2004 and there is no evidence of it being such an old home except in the basement - but even there it's the best century home basement I've been in - very clean, organized, dry and no smells.The main level is rented out to a local radio station (1 room) and tax professional (2 rooms).

I prefer to create more value by buying building with lots extra unfinished spaces or big dry walk out basement walk in attics, attached barns etc adding bedrooms increases cash flow quicker cheaper than extra bathrooms and adding entire apartments great too.

Liquidity dried up, loans were not being written. 

If your ceilings are high enough and you make it clean and dry, you are already ahead.

I observed that when money temporarily dried up at the beginning of the epidemic, and it was unclear where real estate was going, those lenders who also flipped or developed were not inclined to help their borrowers out with loan mods or forbearances.

Houston is dry all over map whether it's Sugar land, Katy, Cypress, Spring or Houston.