Gas meter(instead of oil) 7.

And never forget, gas lines are NEVER as deep as they’re supposed to be!!!

No - Chesky is wishful thinking. a) Most people are not nomadic in nature b) It takes a lot of money to travel and stay at Vacation Rentals (the cost of the rental, food, auto and gas, etc.)For most people, STR trips will continue to be a nice little getaway alternative to traditional hotels....although I believe their usage will grow a good bit anyway.

The owner pays for gas and water.

Anyway I have about $135k available on my heloc. sale price on the duplex is $279,000, so 20% is about $56k. the house is perfectly livable as-is, but at $60/sqft and properties on the block selling for $140/sqft i think there is room for some forced appreciation. the building is currently a three-floor duplex townhouse, one unit is the ground floor and unit two is the top two floors. all floors are basically the same floor plan. the second floor has a kitchen/laundry stacked above the first floor kitchen/laundry. on the third floor, the room is in the same place and empty, but utilities (water gas electric) are already run and in place for adding a third kitchen/laundry, so conversion to triplex would be simple as installing cabinets and appliances and building an exterior staircase up to the second floor rear deck. the three 2bed/1bath units would rent for $1000-$1200 a month each, conservatively. we would have to find somewhere else to live for that to happen, but that is our 1-3 year goal anyway. would it be better to make the bank loan smaller with a bigger down payment from the HELOC?

Natural Gas should follow suit. 

I let the tenants take care of the electric, gas, and lawn & snow care.

People who are weary right now are seeing what is happening in the Chinese real estate market and feel like that will be what lights the fuse on the next recession (combined with the oil, gas and coal shortages affecting most of the world right now).

Food, frozen dinners, vegetables, beer, half bottle of wine, spices, rice, etc......We leave things that are potentially useful, like food that gas not been opened, or is unused and fresh.

The gas was turned off but apparently had a leaky valve.