When you apply the caulking, use a damp finger to remove excess caulk and ensure that the planks’ separation is filled.

You should only consider switching when your current software has a significant flaw or lacks features that force you to spend excessive time on workarounds.

It 100% is possible to limits but you need to plan around the Excess Biz Loss rules from TCJA.

You should only consider switching when your current software has a significant flaw or lacks features that force you to spend excessive time on workarounds.

Then, roll the excess into rentals.I like your plan for keeping your exit strategy flexible for each acquisition.

The areas probed still seemed solid, but be aware that some types of wood destroying fungal damage will only be detectable once the wood has properly dried out.

China is natural resource poor and dependent on the rest of the world to fill that void, and with cheap labor drying up they will lose some ground on the manufacturing side. 

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Any excess is carried fwd as an NOL.

When you do ceilings you only have to paper/ plastic the light fixtures and maybe some smoke alarms, you can hang plastic over windows, but the paint is usually dry before it hits them and wipes off easily.