A good installation requires a layer of gravel (compacted) and sand for weighting down the grass, along with nails.

It's a reverse header...it's adding weight without adding any support!

As you said, inquiries only count for a small part of your score and your credit/debt ratio carries more weight.

Great property managers are worth their weight in gold. 

We have old wood double hung windows with iron weights (1914 house) with 1950's storms and we are just starting to shop around.

If there's a pandemic flu - it could be worth its weight in gold.

They are using you, grinding down on you, really with fractional reserve they are taking advantage of you, so yes use them, with respect and minimally and where you don’t have a lot of risk of paying them off because your asset is a fat cow paying you more than plenty for the minimum payments even in hard times because the rents don’t go down that much in recessions, but then get out from under them ASAP and start putting your own low risk returns into your own pocket.In decision theory you multiply all the outcomes by their probability, and the expected outcome is the sum of all the probability-weighted outcomes.

Completing goals leads to satisfaction and feeling of accomplishment.Look at your example of weight lifting.

For example, if the soil was deemed not capable of supporting the weight of the project in question, part of site prep would be coming up with the proper topsoil composition and spreading that out.

Never take any numbers from a seller with much weight, always perform all your own due diligence in order to make a smart move.