LolHe then proceeded to ask me if I was 'strapped' and casually flashed the two colt 45s he had on each hip.Now that we were best friends he felt comfortable enough to tell me he's killed three people with those guns and asked me how many people I've killed....WHAT!?

Get out there, strap on you armour, get on your horse and ride with me to prosperity!

Where the cash-strapped city can't provide, grassroots groups and investors help fill the gaps."

Justin Case - Yes, we usually have it commercially cleaned first and no, have never asked tenant candidates to remove their shoes, though I usually put a lot of floor mats around.Roy N. - that tape measure/floorplan/measurement sheet idea is genius!

Depending on your plan hold period for the building, your budget and your calculated pay-back based on your market, I would consider the following on a complete gut of an Edwardian era building:After installing the necessary fire-stops in the balloon framed walls, apply 3.5" of closed cell foam to the interior wall cavities - instant vapour barrier and you will have R21 in the all.Since you have the cladding off the outside of the house, I would add an additional layer of 1 - 1.5" polyisocyanurate hardboard insulation to the exterior (after wrapping), tape all seams and then strap for your drainage plane.

City has a lead paint ordinance that requires everything to be contained and disposed of as haz-mat, thus the exorbitant price tag.

@Scott Brewster congrats on wanting to make the jump into commercial. you’ll find that the larger assets mat be easier to manage than the smaller ones, since you can have a PM in place.

Many nonprofits are already strapped for cash, and the new law doesn’t earmark any money for these house purchases.

What if there is a large repair or vacancy - without any other income stream or nest egg your father is going to be strapped and stressed.

My name is Mat O'Grady and I am part of a small meetup in New London County.