Calgary market, as tough as it is (due to the oil and gas industry), we still believe that it's the market to be.

So we kept the house and rented it at a small, about $40/month positive cash flow.Five years later the oil crash hit the Houston RE market like a ton of bricks.

Or selling, paying the taxes, and investing in an oil and gas mineral rights royalty fund?

Maybe Im wrong but, I feel like the "professional" mentors will sell you snake oil.

Is this your fault because you didn't keep up on routine maintenance of oiling the chain?

Put a coat of oil-based polyurethane underneath the counter where the dishwasher goes, the front of where the sink is and the entire cut-out hole for the sink.

Personally Ive 1031d into - Wholly owned commercial, vacation rental, raw land, multi family, and single family later converted to primary.Other options my clients have gone into lately - Hotels, agricultural land, NNN commercial, DSTs, Interests in Oil and gas, self storage, parking lots, glampgrounds.

I've painted floors and stairs grey in a finished attic before after the tenant destroyed the carpetMakes perfect sense if the flooring is hardwood or plank and the property is in a less-than-desirable neighborhood where you are going to expect higher maintenance costsA gallon of grey oil-based utility paint is only $17 at Lowes which makes it cheaper than other colors and just as durable

As they stay up all material goes up due to oil being a part of the product, energy cost to make the product or oil cost to distribute the product.        

However, the problem was centered in the Houston market and tied to the oil bust and S&L crisis.