@Jonathan Greer a handyman to bore a 2” thick piece of steel 30 ft into the ground til it reaches a certain pressure?

When we were stationed in England, and bought our houses, we got a thick stack of documents going back to the Norman Invasion of 1066. 

Do you happen to remember which style and thickness you wound up buying that satisfies most guests?

This is the answer, but it got buried in all the commentsThis^^^^^ The thick style toilet paper has been known to clog even plumbing systems that  hasn’t had any prior issues.

Then insulate with minimum R19 and have air gaps above and below the insulation, and finally hang double or even triple layers of thick sheet rock on the ceiling, like this:Even with all that done, your sound barrier is only as good as it's weakest point.

When you have the 1st & 2nd floor exterior walls insulated you need insulation between them in the floor joist area only along the perimeter and it only has to come in as far as the thickness of the framed walls.

I believe he was just very green and very inept his model of 50k rentals would never work then and will not work in the future.. at least for OOS investors who have to hirer everything out. those props are only appropriate for local hands on landlords that have the thick skin to deal with those areas. 

Yes I’ve been told I don’t have thick enough skin to landlord, which is basically the same as “too emotional to be a landlord” Real estate and investing your money is very emotional for everyone.As far as contractor calling you honey.

@Jay Hinrichs might have some good input on this because he was right in the thick of things during that time. it took a while during the GFC but yes mortgages were modified by the millions. 

Go for the luxury vinyl planks (thick gauge).