I live in Richardson, TX and had an HVAC person who literally lives 4 streets away from me, charge $800 to replace the compressor (which was under warranty, so he swapped it out at the dealers warehouse).

You are swapping sweat for dollars.

Happy to swap research with you.

So if @Ben Leybovich decides Pig in Glasses has lost it's appeal to potential tenants, he can swap it out for a more Kafka-esque Iron Butterfly image and it won't cost him an arm and a wing. 

If you are interested in chatting, I would be happy to share my experiences and swap notes. 

And wasn't it the derivatives and the credit default swaps created by Wall Street that were the true culprits in the whole scheme that brought everything crashing down?

My biggest suggestion on the house would be to swap out the garage door.

Would love to hop on a call to swap stories and see if there’s anyway we can help each other

The other option is for you to place this oven in storage, install your own oven while you live there, and then swap them back when you move out."

I swapped out batting for open cell in my own house in the basement, and the difference in the comfort of the house is astounding.