The fourth time was finally successful, after having dealt with them for nearly 4 months, all the while our payments were racking up and our financial situation was severely strained.

He has filled the garage with a huge safe, racks of tools & power tools, table saw, etc.

Or I could do a sliding wooden wall /doors between the bedroom and living room for some privacy, like in smaller Hawaiian type timeshares.The upstairs apartments are 2 bed, one downstairs is 2 bed, one is 1 bed.For me its a buy and hold/rental income property.Thoughts? 

so with all that.. standing on the river bank looking at paw prints as big as pie plats.. was a little nerve racking and with your little can of bear spray.. :)  .  

A cement or heavy wooden cover has always worked for me without the need to actually fill it in....but if you want to completely eliminate any risk filling it in is the only way to do that.

There are consumer protection laws in place which says they do have to release this information to a Trustee or the heirs, but they will play dumb so they can rack up the late charges prior to giving you the payoff amounts.

I have no doubt that this may have been a bit nerve-racking for you if this is one of the first properties that you’re putting under contract to purchase.

I second having wooden windows increases that likelihood of lead paint so that is another reason for vinyl windows.

Ideally, you use bullnose tile along those edges, and you choose field tile for which bullnose is available.I am not a fan of this, but I also have seen this problem solved with wooden, painted moulding on the edge of the tile, outside of the shower door.

Some others even replaced my old wooden fence with vinyl fence.