Cities have sweeping gentrification, but to invest wisely there you need to know the areas that are resisting gentrification.

A heat pump water heater, for instance, uses less gas than a gas water heater, assuming the electricity is produced by burning gas.Electric resistance heat is expensive and inefficient.A power outage in Houston is almost never an emergency except in the coldest storms every 50 years.When the power goes out your gas heat generally becomes unusable as well, because you still need electricity to run your blower motor.

I just started using it so I don’t know about longevity but I’m using flat ultra scuff resistant and we’ll see how it holds up.  

Many of our clients have encountered resistance from financial advisors that do not operate outside of the standard stocks and mutual funds box.

Similarly, a credit check will allow you to assess the prospective tenant’s likelihood to pay rent reliably.No reasonable tenant-to-be should resist providing relevant information, giving signed consent and paying the application costs associated with renting a home.

Slide a piece of undersized water resistant drywall behind the molding and make sure it fits (you don't want to have to recut the trim).

Although patching up the hole with sand definitely decreases the flow (could be sand absorbing the water, or the water just finding some other path of least resistance)Thanks for all your input though!

All my current tenants have dogs, and I have animal-resistant flooring in all my rentals.

@Nathan G. the more someone resists inspection, it just makes me feel more urgency at getting into the property.

Retail investor circles often suggest investing in ‘internet and Amazon-resistant uses,’ or operations that provide in-person experiences, such as restaurants and nail salons.