I've read Amazon.com's growth is fueling the development.

Their dumpsters do not retain water so that you won't waste money on the $65/ton overage fee.The costs were:-30-yard, 4 ton = $459 (includes pick-up, delivery, fuel)-30-day permit = $100 (This is for the City of Chicago.

2) Is it expected and should you convert the fuel from oil to gas heating?

Do you think with fuel prices that fewer people will need places to store boats / RVs?

I place a large percentage of the LL's in my area very low on the totem pole, they are what you would call a slumlord and it's very easy to see when you drive by these homes and see the condition they are letting their tenants live in.

(no offense)BTW, after doing a quick search, I see there are several homes listed under $40k...not bad for cash-flow if you say they rent for $400-$600/week and you have a 50%-95% occupancy rate.There is a 115,000 barrel per day diesel fuel refinery and an associated nitrogen fertilizer plant in this town. 

They smell like diesel fuel and have a scorpion neck tat.

Poor landlords with little or zero skills in marketing their vacancies get nervous when their rentals sit vacant, and the longer they sit, the more nervous they get and then they do the worst thing they could ever do and lower their standards and out of despair and hopelessness they become super marketing landlords and plaster for rent signs on every telephone pole, supermarket, parked cars in parking lots, on their property's front yard, in the subway stations, newspapers, etc.

That time is too expensive.The ease of capital, in my opinion, only fuels my creative thinking and confidence in negotiating deals. 

Purchased a house at absolute auction for $6,200 cash, had $1,652 in closing cost, another $100 in fuel and time, for $7,952 all in...