Someone could make a blazing wood fire in there and cause one hell of an explosion if it got hot enough and compromised the pipe.

So my best advice is learn, and take your time getting started so that you have the process down before you go guns blazing into the real estate market and start buying up a city.Good luck :)

And then an energy crises hits the United States 5 years later and the cost to heat or cool our homes triples... so me being from California and mistakenly moving to Oklahoma so I could have 4 seasons instead of just Blazing Hot and Slippery Wet I need to always have either the heater or the air conditioner (the humidity in Oklahoma is so bad fish hitch hike between ponds)  before I FINALLY get to move to Florida and get on those awesome "Florida Resident Only" discounted cruises.

Blaze away.Maybe ask them not to mention it in their review :)

Since you contacted the insurance company/adjuster even though a claim hasn't been paid or denied, there is a very good chance this will be seen as a claim on your insurance record so you may as well go forward with it guns blazing. 

I can find properties using usGS quad maps I can find property corners with uncanny accuracy for a non surveyor.my competition if you think about it.. out here any ways is ladies selling RE.. they are not going to walk a blaze line 1200 feet up a mountain side wielding a machete or riding the quad out looking at a big 500 to 2000 acre tract.. now don't get me wrong there are land brokers in the WEST that are very good at this..

I’m coming in with guns blazing but, as expected, there are may roadblocks.

So I blazed my own trail.

Short-term rentals and multi-family are forbidden in certain areas because renters don't care at all about the long-term health of the community and Landlords, particularly those living in other states, have a difficult time actively participating, even if they have the best intentions.If I lived in that HOA, I would come at you with both guns blazing.

So... kudos to you for being a pioneer, but keep in mind pioneering is difficult and costs more than following the trail that others have already blazed.2) Renting.