The more articles, discussions, and podcasts I use really drives home the fact that real estate kind of is a "living creature".

People are funny creatures!

Sometimes long term tenants have become creatures of bad habits because of prior management.

Hi Jean,Stock it with fish and have fun fishing all summer.Plant wild rice and maybe Ducks will show up--beautiful creatures to watch, and some people hunt them.Build a dock and toss in a small row boat....for romantic evening rides and something for the kids to play with.[1]>>> Have it tested for chemicals...some of these ponds have a years of farm runoff in them--pesticides and manure--it would be a shame if it's toxic.[2]>>> See if the sides go straight down (like a farmer scraped it out for whatever reason) and it would be dangerous vs. like a beach.Good Luck!

About the only creature comforts we added were leather furnishings, a persian rug, good internet and cable TV, and a comfortable queen bed. 

I've never been in it but have heard great things.The downside is that you'll be thrown in the pool with the sharks, minnows, turtles, and hundreds of other creatures.

I also find them to be evasive like a mythical creature that no one can seem to get a great picture of.

He said that he could hear a creature walking around in the attic above his bedroom. 

I've just concluded that this is must be some mythical creature that would have great value if the creature actually existed.  

They were called due in the last downturn, so are not cuddly gentle creatures...but have a bite.