Avoid any over the top snake oil pitches and there are more than a few.

Opec will raise oil prices, interest rates are creeping up, stuff will happen, just saying.Knowing that things will change and how they will change is great to know also so that you can make the moves when things happen. 

.- impervious to water, oils, paints, etc.

Create a well oiled system every month to monitor the above things and you will be just fine.

I haven't had a chance to visit the property or see it until today and it looks like some squatters(and their dog(s) have been camping through the winter ( God bless them), however, I need to get the wheels rolling on this home.

Maybe shave off a bit to leave room for negotiations.

I've lived through two of them and prospered greatly in the first-oil market collapse in the '80s, and survived handily during the second-investment banker's scam of the 2000s.The first time I paid cash I noticed the first benefit at closing when I looked at the HUD-1.

Hi all,Recently purchased a multi and one of the first projects I’m planning is converting the property from oil to nat gas heating (there is nat gas going to the house already for water heaters).

I would upgrade a slummy looking kitchen or bath with builder grade materials or do tweaks to something old looking but in good condition (refinish a pink cast iron tub, use oil based paint to cover dated bath tile in good condition, paint good condition cabinets white and add new counters)

@Danny Randazzo and @Thomas S. have the right idea with a property management company that will try to hold you to the contract.