I recently did 1/2 thick travertine in a small bathroom & regretted it as it did suffer hairline cracks regardless of the solid thick backerboard/cement base its just the nature of the stone & more likely the temperature extremes we had last winter.

We could speculate all day.Look to office-warehouse, cheapest construction, class A front, usually long term tenants as they tend to stay put.

However HF or HD, they also have overheads and all that, how many hands in how many warehouses it will go through until it gets to you.

It's a whole other business model with product held in a warehouse.

The shades, doorbell, temperature and more can be controlled by voice or device.

So I could do work on the boiler to make sure it's as efficient as possible, make sure all the radiators are functioning, and make sure the thermostat is always set to a reasonable temperature. 

They had pipes burst in the winter two years ago, so they were especially keen to install the temperature sensors and water sensors (in addition to all the standard entry sensors, motion sensors, etc.)  

Now, I own about 80 cash flow rentals.What I am doing now is using my cash flow rentals as collateral (called securitization) along with the chattel paper to get a credit facility or warehouse line tranch of money from an investment bank for $30 million at 3.5%.

Examples of residential real estate include undeveloped land, houses, condominiums and townhomes; examples of commercial real estate are office buildings, warehouses and retail store buildings; and examples of industrial real estate are factories, mines and farms."

This is all we have re: utilities:Tenant agrees to keep the Premises heated to a minimum temperature of 55*F during cold weather by using the heating equipment on or at the Premises and not by using the stove, other appliances, or kerosene space heaters.