There was an ugly drop ceiling, which was hiding a sheet-rocked ceiling.

The mosaic tiles that come on a flimsy backing is awful to install - rocks are the worst.I did 18X18 in my kitchen and I liked the look of the large tiles.Seal the business out of the grout - consider using a latex additive for extra water- and stain-proofing.

My search on 'spec homes' in this forum has produced a ton of great discussions and some very good advice along the way. 

The rest of the tenants are rocks.

The Plan in the beginning was to Acquire ten Rental Houses that produced positive Rents and in ten years, fix up the five worst to Sell and pay off the remaining five houses to be worth a Million Dollars with $3000 a month in Rents to live on...I also have gone from Mutual Fund Investing to Stocks and then Options on Stocks to Daytrading just the S&P Emini Future in the morning on my laptop.

The house was built by a former architect and is rock solid with character.

North Dakota just went through an oil boom, and while I don't expect anything that crazy to come out of coal country, it has been a LONG 8 years for producers.

The pictures speak for themselves as to the kind of quality product you and your family are producing ... it will serve as a really nice home for some lucky bastard :)

M&M produces quality research and offers much more than the report below.

We need to remember that this real estate craze was the pursuit of tulip bulbs a few hundred years back, among other crazes (hows your pet rock's value holding up?