One client of mine had two water bills in a row at a million gallons each because one of their tenants in a multi-unit was running hot water day and night out of spite.

His guacamole is said to have started the phrase, "holy guacamole"His 10 gallon hat is 13 gallons.He has 3 black books just for women named Juanita.He IS the most interesting man in the world!

When we painted a house last year, the paint guy at Home Depot told us to take our 5-gallon buckets to the contractor's desk and ring them up there for a 10% discount or so.

$.01 a gallon is as good as $5K for a rent ready house!

The economy is coming back here but if gas prices get up around $5 a gallon for any length of time you will see a full blown depression here.IMO

It was doing so well in terms of rents and appreciation that we built 3 more.The vacation rental market fell off of a cliff in the Fall of 2007 as the price of gas climbed to $4 per gallon.

This was during the $4.00 gallon gasoline as well.

You can get paint that usually goes for $25/gallon for $5/gallon.

:mrgreen: If the home is "winterized", I don't see a way around undoing the supply side other than pouring several 5 gallon buckets of water down the drain and see if they drain properly.

We once bought 80 gallons of Sherwin Williams paint for $5/gallon and they even tinted it to a nice beige for us.People always sell "odd lots" of flooring on craigslist.