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.

Now I might be showing my age, but in the 70's I could have sworn the scientists were all warning of the next Ice Age coming.

when you find yourself coveting Donald Trump's hair piece......... even though you have a full head of hair.when, while telling the priest in the church confessional that you're going the straight and narrow and giving up the mistress, you find yourself preoccupied with calculating the the additional revenue the apt you provided her will bring in.when you begin fantasizing that global warming and the melting of the polar ice caps may some day turn your troubled lower income properties into valuable beach front properties.

No heavily processed foods, (chips/dip, fast food, cake, pie, ice cream, soda, white flour/sugar, canned/frozen foods,juices) I cheated alot over easter, and christmas, so it happens.

Primo.....hmmmm....that's the name of an ice cream stand here in Chicago's south side on 95th street in Oak Lawn.

Sorry I just had to make a stupid halloween joke. black and orange supermarket party decorations and cake icing, etc...