I was grinding through a 4-inch cast-iron soilstack yesterday and got a metal shaving in my eye.

Maybe the water is getting in from behind the front bricks and in front of the inside bricks.If the walls are a sideways brick thick, they may be a double brick wall back to back with tie bricks holding them together (old fashioned way of building) vs modern veneer.Sometimes during construction the first floor is made with even wider walls to accommodate future upper stories.The layers of bricks will not have mortar between them (most likely, but who knows).So if you have water intrusion up higher, it may come down there and leak out behind the stucco and when it freezes bingo stucco pops off.The intrusion could follow an old window casing down and leak in a hidden spot under the sill and flow down, or on an angle.If you are using a good stucco contractor and he is baffled, this might be it....or it might not be it....Maybe affixing metal lath to the area might help--but if it is a water issue,,,that water will have to go somewhere, and if its bundled between the bricks when it freezes...the bricks might pop.Maybe shield the areas really well with plastic duck taped up there, and if the brick is wet or the taped cover holds water when you open it after a storm...you may have figured it out.

I'd greatly appreciate input from anyone with Modular or Metal (Barndominium type) multifamily duplex or larger type units experience.Stick built builders are approximately $200 ft for standard/basic finishes for (5) 3/2 duplex units while modular is around $120 ft.

Purchased from Habitat/goodwill to save costsRemoved vines from the entire house and cut down probably 10 trees that were encroachingAnd I have a pile of scrap metal I'll deal with laterWhat's on deck to complete the project:replace the sill platerepair or replace the foundationneed to buy and install several french doorsvarious bottom plates will need to be replacedentire kitchenbathrooms are mostly ok and I might just leave them to "finish" the 203k, then remodel laterremaining stucco needs to be removednew plywood siding, new stuccoupgrade the electrical box and have the wires looked over in the housePlumbing needs to be addresseddrywallWhat's clear to me is that the contractor is either a con-artist or completely incompetent (leaning towards latter).

. $0 per year.Management- you, do you live local.Water/fire hydrant- don't do.Old portables- either 20 foot cargo containers for $4,500 each if available, or $7,000 for 8 x 20 portable metal.

I have already removed thr board part, but it looks like the metal part is built into the cement. 

I finally found a lender that met all my metrics. 80% LTV, 6.25% interest, $1500 funding fee. 

Self Storage- Bus Bench AdvertisingA lot of people consider Self Storage to be a very simple business of Metal buildings with no maintenance and counting cash.

The apartment buildings are all less than 20 years old, have had metal roof in the last 5 years, and seem to be in generally good condition.

I'm currently a union sheet metal worker, but have done many types of construction both residential and commercial.