Most will be very friendly after you break ice.

Priscilla Your previous "success" notwithstanding,you are playing with Fire while tredding over thin Ice both at the same time here!

(I also include all stainless appliances and fridges with ice makers and door dispensing ice/water.)

But granite is nicer and I am interested in the ice quartz countertops they keep in stock at Floor n Decor for $500 a 10 ft slab.

You may be able to ice skate through the house before too long.

I also read that Vanilla Ice is a real estate flipper (even has a show about his projects) and the actor Jeremy Renner is also a flipper of mansions in the L.A area.Any other "secret" real estate investors out there?

The roads were fine, it was the 2 inches of ice on top of them that was a problem.My 1982 2 wheel drive toyota drove like a champ--kind of real life version of the old Atari game Indy 500 - Ice Race.Fixed electrical, and completed other projects and made it home in time to have pizza with my family.

To test this I would pull the DW out when you suspect freezing & feel the plastic piping for ice.

Personally no, I invest in FL the possible extra insurance costs are just a part of my cash flow analysis.I think you'll find that there is no such thing as a disaster free area.NE- Ice storms, flooding and as we saw recently hurricanes.SE- Hurricanes, hail, windMidwest-Hail, tornado, floodSW- Floods, earthquakeNW- Ice, snow, earthquakeObviously those all can happen in any of the other areas those are just kind of the off the top of my head disasters I would think of for each of those areas.

I tried to buy a few REOs with cash and no contingencies and was iced out due to multiple offers.The question is, rather than holding on speculation for better times.