Driving to work the other day I saw hand made signs for anyone interested in real estate investing.

We close them off and tell the tenants that they are decorative only and may burn candles there if they wish.

After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I made my way over to one of the two major home improvement stores to see if we could get it done more economically there.As it turned out, the store was able to get us great cabinets at about a third of the cost of hand-made ones.

Seems to work well, they can use the area for decoration; battery operated candles and such if the cover is unscrewed but otherwise it's made to look clean, fresh and nice but not to be used. 

One of my properties I have amazing tenants; granted I do many nice things for them in return but they are amazing nonetheless.As an example they gave us a hand made gift basket for Christmas with candles, body lotions, wine, etc that they made.

Glad to hear you'll be moving back to the NH seacoast, though I'm not sure we can hold a candle to Ireland!

The contrived drama, lack of detail and overall fast pace of today's tv shows just doesn't hold a candle to Bob and Norm tackling old wainscotting or crown moulding or keeping a turn of the century house from sliding down a cliff.  

The bald eagle on that tat can look like melting candle wax, but they will STILL get business, won't they? 

I usually get a Meyer air freshener from Home Depot and several matching candles.

@Brandon Poe you are right - the vast majority of agents lasts only a year or two and their "lifestyle" is typically burn the candle on both ends and talk to their clients at 11pm, or they are hobbyists and don't do much at all - under 5 deals a year for over 80% of licensees.