I guess it depends what kind of flue pipes they are, if they are of the triple-walled variety then they can actually come into direct contact with combustibles so that might mean it's okay, but then again if the flue pipes were installed correctly there should be a fire stop/fire blocking at each floor/ceiling, which would be tricky to access in order to penetrate and if you you were to penetrate you would need to seal around with fireproof caulk to avoid violating fire code and I'm not sure how you'd do that inside the chimney.If there's any other option such as running it through the wall, on the wall, or even stubbing through to the outside wall, running up along the outside with EMT then stubbing back in and avoiding the chimney altogether, I'd do one of those options instead.

Know that going in and either decide to embrace it or labor to prove every single day, on every single deal, that you are worthy of trust.- Over the long haul the best thing you can do for your biz is to be really really ridiculously good at what you do in terms of knowing your numbers and delivering "win" opportunities to your buyers. 

You still got issues with maintenance of an older home eating in to your cash flow as in any older home (and cash flow might be your only benefit)look at the age of the 1) water heater2) AC3) appliancesGet an inspection to see regular rain penetrations, failing mechanical and plumbing, so many things , its worth the money.

It may take some phone tag to find the right department to ask the question and you may have to try from a few different angles to penetrate into the REO department.

If you find yourself nervous about the seller finding something out, steel yourself, embrace it, and tell them outright. 

Most landlords become adept at operating within the margins of local law, and tenants willing to play the game embrace a mafioso attitude to obtain buy outs lucrative enough for them to make a move.

Also, when it comes to researching a company I look for specific market penetration.

The key is to embrace uncertainty - and to get more comfortable with its consequences.Of course, if you had the HELOC, the ethical dilemma of whether to proactively disclose that something changed in your living arrangement (and have to repay the HELOC balance) would be another thing to wrestle with.

Costs became to high to get out of the nuisance for him but with no other choice, we knew where the tanks would be and instead of a $3000 survey of the property, he found someone that had this ground penetrating radar, took two scans of the suspected property, bam right underneath the vent pipe.

I’ve used these commercially available joist reinforcements for larger penetrations in joists: https://www.metwood.com/joist-reinforcers/The company has good tech support and can confirm whether it’s the right application or not.