The house was a horror; filthy, roaches literally everywhere, a kerosene pot-burner heater in the floor - no fan: just a big grate in the floor, everything in the house was sticky, and there were dead bugs and dusty spider webs in the bathtub.I refused to work there and told her to call somebody else.

So the rotting seal is actually what happens when a strawberry or raspberry fluid, possibly a pie or other sticky substance is spilled and not cleaned up.

If a family on foodstamps can only afford to eat boiled rice with margerine, their kids are not going to be as healthy as mine, who eats baked boneless skinless chicken breast, steamed vegetable, and a nice green salad with fresh fruit for desert.

Originally posted by @Marvin Rice: @Monique Rene Coates Thanks for starting this thread.

If you haven’t already...check out the sticky that Josh had on flips...be vigilant on the extra costs that one usually doesn’t think about.

This should be a sticky somewhere.

At the end of the day wages are sticky and people can only afford so much house, which should serve to dampen any huge movement in prices in either direction.

Create an account on http://www.usps.com, grab some priority mail envelopes at the PO, buy some half page printable sticky labels and you can do quite a bit mailing online.

Just check out the link below and you will know what I am talking about and when you get the chance check out my sticky on the HUD, VA, & Tax sales forum to get more info as well.Link to HUD: http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/Good Luck my friend.

The "hot spots" for gentrification are the Heights, Washington Corridor/Rice Military, First Ward.