Those are both oil issues, which actually helps nat gas commodity pricing (long story on why that's the case, but I'll save you all the boredom of my industry's dynamics) which is prevalent in this area.

I know I can plan for a roof or an oil burner and such items within a fairly predictable time range, but I am putting away “X” amount of dollars for those things each month already.

You need to get down to the sub floor, treat and paint with oil base kilz.Base boards and drywall will need to be removed up about 2 feet to eliminate all urine.

So, if for example if heat is paid by the landlord and the building has an old oil fired boiler and you swap that out for a new high efficiency gas boiler you not only save yourself money month to month in operating costs, but you have increased the value of the property by a predictable amount.

Kreg makes a $30 forstner jig to accomplish this- Clean/degrease with Simple Green/similar, sand with 120 grit, prime with an oil based primer (Kilz or Zinnser), paint with a water based (BM Advanced Paint), Apply poly (optional, may depend on your color)

Baytown is in the midst of a boom despite oil being down.

What was socialized (really nationalized) was the oil energy.

Seems like an increasing amount of REIAs are turning into homes for snake oil salesmen.

With oil breaking 80 with no reason for a reversal, and inflation looming due to the fed's printing press, it's a pretty safe assumption that interest rates are going to rise, dramatically as the fed attempts to offset the false growth period of inflation.

Many of the different state oil and gas regulatory agencies have information available about the fracking process put forward in easy to understand formats.