Instead what some do is say “ sorry sir /ma’am /it/shim you didn’t meet our credit and income criteria “ You must comply and screen with fair housing protected classes in mind .

Could be as easy as shimming the pier, or as hard as pouring another footer and replacing the pier entirely (not usually necessary).If the pier is good to go, the floor joists, girders, and subfloor sheets are not doing their job.

After submitting 50% deposit so the roofer could purchase the materials, he found heavier slate shingles beneath the architectural shingles.

@Kris L. use as many shims as you need.

Beneath all the rhetoric, this proclamation actually presents an interesting issue as to whether it can be squared with the U.S.

Yes, but it's a judgement call.Side note: Any tenant who lived in the unit beneath me who responds to anything at all with "see you in court" would find themselves looking for a new place to live as soon as I could find any legal way possible to remove them from my building.

You'd be amazed, but sometimes there's not actually drywall or plaster beneath.

FYI, my lease does require tenants to cover 50% of the laminate flooring with area rugs and padding beneath, but it hasn't seemed to help much.

The HOA president happen to lives beneath my tenants, so she has been the one complaining about the noise. 

I'm also concerned about water splashing all over the place during showers and leaking to the units beneath.