I thought I had done this already, but I guess not so here I am, introducing myself ;)My name is Brock Halstead and my wife and I founded blue fish property group, Inc in Febrary 2015.

Less time you spend having to come fix stuff down the road the better off you will be in the wallet and also have more time to fish or hit the beach. 

Hello BP Nation-I'm Howard Mayne and live in Houston where I previously worked in the oil & gas industry. 

They can be stained and oiled just as normal butcher block.

If not, sounds like the owner is just fishing/hoping for a sucker to over pay.  

Greg,Thanks for replying.I have been torn on whether or not to separate into 4 different heating units (costly to say the least). i can't find any flow meters that would work like I want on a fuel oil system. nat gas is not an option.

Let me start burning the midnight oil.

He will change his own light bulb and use gun oil (which is better than wd-40 btw) to lubricate the door hinge. 

I keep thinking with oil prices going down now is not the time to add leverage in Texas.  

I agree with your comments that mortgage reits are vulnerable to rising interest rates especially if the financial reits are leveraged.Just as the energy sector (nat gas, crude oil, agriculture) are beaten down, I think that the Financial reits are trading 21% below book value and the reason for this is the rising interest rates are already priced in causing these reits to trade at such distressed levels.