The subfloor doesn't look damaged looking up from the basement, but the luan is soaked and has buckled under both cabinets plus a little more in front causing the peal-and-stick tile to come up a little.

It's from the lack of experience in life and living in the "land of the free" (lol) that your misconceptions are seeded.

We discovered that the sheet-rock/ceiling board was "cheesy" in that it was crumbly and felt like it was a tad moist/had been wet at some time previously (not soaking wet/active leak).

They pit countries against each other by funding both sides with seed money/ weapons - then when all out war is declared, they reap a windfall of profits from new contracts and sales of weapons, weaponized vehicles, and limited availability to resources.

Again - soak up all the free education you can from this site!

On top of all of this read the other forums and soak up the info there.

I hope you will soak in as much information as I have, for being on here for only a couple of weeks I've gotten information that would have taken me who knows how long if I was on my own.GOOD LUCK- Thai Tang

If you are one of the lucky people who has a HELOC, that isn't frozen, you could use that for your seed money.

Just last month, one of my tenants asked if he could buy some grass seed for a bare spot on the lawn and deduct it from the rent

Screw everyone else, I'm looking out for #1 and my seed.