In my opinion, you did very thorough due diligence but unfortunately, we got a bum tenant from the start in spite of the screening that was done so I understand why you are unhappy but I have to disagree with your comment that I didn't care about providing you with a solid product.

No inducement of profit and no instruction from clients ever can justify departure from this ideal." 

I know that's pretty far out there, and I am far from convinced it will happen in a dramatic way, but I believe it's worth considering the possibility.In the end it might come down to pest vs cholera - meaning run-away-inflation or recession induced by rising interest rates.

They can sit for all I care..For the plywood I was thinking hex screws would be better, bums are less likely to havea hex bit. 

I’m definitely pretty disappointed and bummed out as this was our first property and I was super excited to get this investing journey started by house hacking until we can afford another property.

Even if you have deep pockets and bling-bling, why dress like a bum.

This may not be the right forum to talk about the climate but since we're talking about the fear-inducing article, is there climate change and do human beings contribute to the carbon footprint of the planet?

Did you just pull numbers out of your bum or did you actually do research?

I do love living within the loop but if that's not possible in a house hack I would be bummed but not surprised.

But, induce a cut-off of the supply, for a protracted measure of time, and keep demand going via supplemental financial facilitation like covid checks, and with manufacturing off-shored, it's a design for a disaster.