A hot fire can drive particulate matter into tiny crevices and allow soot into outlet cavities.  

Now that life and financial situations have changed, she sees the house as an albatross and I want to help her find a way out of it.With that said, it seems to me that any scenario involving me inheriting the house as part of an estate would mean a high likelihood that I would be covering part (or all) of any mortgage shortfall, such as low rent or vacancies, as well as other expenses at some point in the future, without the house being in my name.  

The audit made several recommendations including, insulating the roof cavity on the building.2.

We are also adding Cambria Quartz counters to all bathroom cavities, LED 4" lighting throughout first floor and basement on Lutron Casetta system and other dimmers and occupancy sensors.

I am in San Ramon and love to connect with any or all of you guys.

As a property manager a lot of our out of state owners fund us via Lead Aggregators such as Thumbtack or All Property Management.

If you sell your home and out of Ohio within five years, you must repay some or all of the assistance provided."  

This is another example.If the brick is a veneer in a cavity wall system then, yes the brick must breathe, absorb water and moisture and also be able to expel the vapor also.

I sometimes focus on the small mostly irrelevant stuff too, Lee.The big picture is the important thing of course and it sounds like you are doing awesome.Jeremy, most will only finance at 80% LTV max, so PMI shouldn't apply.When I was refinancing more I just wish they would skip the cavity search and the $5k in costs!

It states that the ordinance covers:" Rental units with written or oral leases (including all subsidized units such as CHA, IHDA, Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, etc.)