On the market, a BP podcast and planet money a NPR podcast.Best of luck to you.

The slight discoloration due to mold does not seem to be toxic , especially since I applied mold control liquids and bleach.

This particular set of tenants sounds like responsible folk, and if they're not carrying bad credit history or some sort of toxic debt, then they might well be within range.

Some varieties of mold are toxic and may cause adverse reactions in certain individuals.

@Aaron Luker The Planet Money podcast is consistently outstanding.Another very worthwhile podcast that's not quite personal finance but has a lot of useful insight into what's happening with tech is from Andreesen-Horowitz, and there's often clear implications for the wider economy (and various sectors like real estate). 

I don’t think rent increases have matched property price increases in any country in the history of the planet.

The reasons for my decision to diversify away from the UK is primarily due to political reasons - the general attitudes from a political perspective are currently quite toxic towards landlords - i.e. a number of new taxes and regulations have been introduced over the past few years to make rental investing less attractive and to encourage more home ownership - I don't expect this to change in the near future (as an example, it is now not possible to deduct mortgage interest from the income before taxation in the UK). 

There is a blog devoted to all things HELOC, called Planet HELOC - http://www.sagetips.com/heloc-blog/ .

Most of the properties sold do have liens, or some other negative feature like wetlands, flood zone, failed perk test, toxic waste or landlocked situation. 

What planet do you live on that its common practice to completely turn off heat in the winter?