With only one thermostat (in the upper unit), controlling the heat between the untis becomes an excercise in adjusting the valves on each of the radiators.The tenants in these older duplexes tend to be low income, and in reality, are not financially able to handle the WI winter heating bills on their own.

The bigger firms can be very expensive and tend to nickel and dime you to death.

I was also told during my visit that Dubai is the safest place in the world to live and after spending a week checking out all the sites, I would tend to not disagree with them.

What part of Belair is safe, and what is the specific zip code you tend to look at when investing in Baltimore?

There are several reasons why supply-side economics don't work (or at least haven't worked in the past 30 years), and most of them have to do not so much with the theory, but in how they tend to be implemented by supply-side politicians.Most politicians believe that cutting taxes is akin to supply-side invigoration of the economy, but it's not.

I’d initially focus on the former British colonies, since they tend to have similar laws.

Their profession tends to need good/decent credit.

I agree with Bill.You can find deals with or without a RE agent, but I tend to get much better deals/terms with private purchases.

(Fair disclosure, I've written about 200 estimates in the past 12 months.)Bizarrely enough, the bigger the job the less time it tends to take...

The "gap" should be at least 30%, and more if your market is slow for the type of house you're buying (winter is coming, and tends to slow the market too).