Due to the way materials transfer heat, the furring strips show up plain as day, and we even found a section where the original builders failed to apply ant insulation at all.Another cool thing is that you can look at the ceiling and quick find places that lack adequate insulation without having to fumble around the attic.You can even pour hot water down the sink and "see" the hot water flowing through the pipes.Of course if you had a recent water leak the water is absorbing heat in order to evaporate and this process is also visible.It's such a cool tool!

If I were purchasing a house to live in or rent, I would favor natural brick or natural stone or wood or hardy plank.

Same thing goes for people who are extremely lazy by nature, and are not willing to endure any effort or sacrifice to maximize their product's potential.Conversely, big ego people, ones that think they, and everything they touch, is gold, often set rates far higher than they can reasonably get - and then raise hell about the tenant pool, other landlords, tax cuts, and everything else under the sun when the unit sits there vacant, forever.

Just the nature of the business.

The key here is that the sales contract is not personal to the buyer under its terms or by its nature; if it is, then there can be no assignment by the purchaser.As explained by the Florida Supreme Court, real estate buyers will be allowed to assign (sell) their contracts to someone else whenever they choose to do so — unless (1) there is language in the contract that prohibits it in that particular deal; (2) if the assignment would violate public policy in some way; or (3) if it would violate some state or federal law or statute.One other possible limitation on assigning a real estate sales contract (assuming the contract is silent on the issue of it being assignable): it may not be assigned if the seller has agreed to sell to this particular buyer because of an explicit reliance upon that buyer’s personal credit to cover the transaction.

Death in a property really freaks people out, even from natural causes.

I think it's a natural part of the real estate cycle.

@John Thedford that may be true dependent on the specific circumstance, but buy and hold properties have a disadvantage in the short term because profits are deferred and are by nature not as liquid as straight cash immediately

When I decided that I'd like to get into other parts of the real estate world, it just seemed like a natural path to get my CCB license.

I think my wife and I are following what feels natural but I want to be sure we are executing correctly so we don't end up having to have work done twice or create issues.