And interesting report here, for those that like a good chart/graph to start their day.https://assets.recenter.tamu.edu/Documents/Article...These two charts are so telling.When I was in corporate America, I worked for those guys that build the big yellow iron construction things, so I can attest with authority that the housing construction market around here tanked HARD in 2009. 

Things like iron fence repair, garage demo, building a fence, replacing an exterior door, paint, flooring, etc.

But I had other irons in the fire too.Lots of due diligence for you, you might enjoy it!

Chlorine will help for iron bacteria.  

I've read some of the news reports over the past few hours on how the mayor is trying to get all the service lines replaced within the year (it is my understanding that most, if not all, of the main lines were cast iron and thus not affected).  

@Michael Webster I hadn't really thought about the vacation rental market ironically (being in the hotel business).  

Ironically, I was trying to buy another place back then but the market was too hot and I was too green to find a great deal in those conditions, so I saved and studied and kept looking ... then the market crashed and because I didn't give up I had the knowledge and was sitting on a pile of money I had saved to invest ... good times, glad I did not throw in the towel back then or worse buy to try to force a bad deal.

To quote the Bible ironically... :) "Give a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach him how to fish and he eats forever."

Ironically I was just discussing this topic with my husband earlier today.

I don't think you can kill one of these, it's a gas line, to a valve, with a thermostat and a cast iron burner that will last 100 years easily.