I'll explore this option with the CPA once I find him/her :D .

Stocks or real estate, the herd mentality usually doesn’t prevail.

Carpet is not really an option for me right now due to the fact that I have to replace the heating system, and I was planning on doing so using an underfloor radiant system that mounts between floor joists under the subfloor.

And would not work on radiator piping or radiant floor heat piping. 

Originally posted by @David Doyle: Daniel Give Dave Reynolds at mobilehomeparkstore dot com a shout,,,, He might be able to offer some good advice in this regard,,hes the best DD in Los Angeles John Herd is EXPENSIVE!!

It's fake, no other way to say it.Bernanke's college thesis, which he used in real life was based on the premise of, "If you make the herd believe things are OK, they will act like it's OK".I am getting back into the game after being pummeled by the last economy, an injury and a very expensive divorce.I have a full time thing, of which I will be using to "inch" my way back in.I scrutinize everything a lot more now.I do agree the banks, (with government arm twisting) have been more prudent in loans making for a more solid RE structure.The only caveat I see is:Foreign money is heavily involved in my local market and others, so I am looking elsewhere with a bigger down payment to ensure cash flow right away, (200+ per door, net) and ride any modest value depreciation which I believe IS coming.I am also fortunate to have a construction background and RE properties are, well, constructed.

If you have hydronic radiant heat (in-floor/wall/or ceiling), solar thermal is capable of heating the water sufficiently on its own (meaning you can have a smaller in-line boiler or hot water heater as an ancillary heat source for a string of overcast winter days when the array may not be able to sustain the temperature of the storage tank.

I work in real estate and have never herd of anything this bad

I am also looking at ductless HVAC or on demand water heaters or point of use heaters which would shift some of the heating (radiant) costs onto the tenant instead of the landlord. 

,Almost wish I had the filter excuse to get me in gear, but I live in a beautiful part of California in the Bay where we don't really have furnaces or AC :)  Radiant ceiling heat in one 4plex, and gas wall heaters in others are typical..