House #1 is rented out - tenant met all the requirements (income 3x the rent, over 600+ credit score, no evictions) when the PM screened rental applicants.

Probably because I tend to find them in the clearance aisle, I use a longer curtain rod (usually with 3 brackets) and curtains that cover the entire sliding door, usually with larger metal grommets or loops.

Thus that current state of affairs in the real estate market can also be characterized as a cartel, given that all preconditions of a cartel are met. All

If your pulling every mechanical component out, most interior wall and ceiling cladding, then the ROI on the energy upgrade may spec out nicely over a period of yearly savings (many years).

Go with a butcher block island for a dinner table and buy some metal legs from Etsy.

As with any type of structure check the door and window openings for sagging and major cracks, older homes did not use metal hangers for support oftentimes these structural members were simply held together with a few nails that have worked themselves loose over time.

We removed the window that left the metal storm window. 

When I first saw the site I got really excited but then began to see the fine print.I heard the scariest thing from a youtuber regarding this site; the youtuber stated that even though you might be the auction winner and have met all the reserves, you could have only purchased a 2nd position lien??? 

The backyard was mostly broken cement and terrible metal fencing.

There was an old superfund in the 80s to clean up metal contaminants in the soil from the old mining activity, so maybe check into that if.