I wil be buying a home with a indoor inground pool.

When ever you Install the cheap carpet from home Depot, is it the indoor or door high traffic stuff?

If you knew the exact layout of your future building and you didn't want a basement it might be worth using the foundation as part of your parking surface but cars dripping oil on your future indoor space might cause issues with flooring adhesion later.The solar payment centers are great but you still need someone to patrol every few hours to make sure people are paying.

I have no advise on palms specifically - up here they live indoors in pots.What do the City bylaws and the state tenancy legislation say about the matter?

If the meter could only be placed indoor, would someone need to get into the unit each month to read the meter, seems like a burden to the tenant.Does anyone have experience in this area?  

Being your in MA it gets colder there more months of the year then hot so the smokers likely will just smoke indoors or leave the door cracked than be cold with their habit outside.The heavy smoke will do a bunch of damage to your unit over time.

Do you need an indoor laundry room?

Locally about 10 percent of the 2004-2006 vintage is expected to have itHere is a link from the state of Florida about what to look for http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/community/indoor-air/inspections.html

I don't think I am being unreasonable in the regard to indoor smoking as any standard lease (unless otherwise stated) usually has verbiage pertaining to smoking indoors regardless if the landlord agrees or disagrees with smoking or lifestyle of any kind.

- Dimensions of the crawl space (l/w/h)- Floor and wall material (dirt, concrete, block, etc)- source of water- how long has it been wet (if you know)- whether wood joists, insulation, other materials got wet- presence of contents- means of ingress: location, size, indoor/outdoor- presence of mechanicals (furnace, water heater, etc)