Maybe a "stand bond" pattern or "off center staggered" pattern.  

Especially when I see what happened to others in the last few years who had most of their money in stocks and bonds.

While it is true that real estate values have taken a severe kick in the teeth as of late, investors utilizing a buy and hold strategy are still making money while the rest of the market is struggling.In order for this strategy to work, it's necessary for you to purchase property as inexpensively as you can and to ensure that the cash flow generated from your property is consistently more than the expenses associated with owning it.

Primer isn't just for painting light over dark, it bonds the paint to the surface below.

Make sure the contractor is bonded and has insurance.

Some applicants for my house told me that they called the prop. mgmt company for the house across the street and were told by the mgmt co. that the current tenants there aren't cooperating with the showings, so the applicants were never able to see the inside of the house.I have something in my lease about this issue, but it doesn't really have any teeth in it right now.

New PVC pipe get cemented with PVC cement, making a leakproof bond.

Junk bonds and Canadian Oil Royalty Trusts, for example.

But, as stated, it was very much a learning experience, and coming out of it with all my teeth, is icing on the cake!

And wood expands and contracts at a different rate that vinyl and the adhesive isnt a strong enough bond to hold up.