If you go tile, start small with a backsplash or something and don't use mastic, but use real thinset that you must mix.

I figure I need about $200 in miscellaneous materials for a job (flue pipe, screws, tape, mastic, etc...)

Looked at the Wilmington area but open to any suggestions3) NY - upstate, NYC or even far out in LI (mastic Beach?). 

What happens at your closing, if it’s assigned, double closed or traded for a pack of gum, is utterly irrelevant, because the law would already have been broken if that person double closing had at any point prior to the closing “offered to sell” or “ deals in real estate contracts” again what happens at the closing table is irrelevant because by that time the law would have already been violated, by the time someone is at your closing table and double closing a deal, presumably by “offering to sell” the law was already violated prior to them even coming to your closing table You might be right... if VA law actually read the way you claim.

So, unfortunately, what ends up happening is that many (not necessarily all, but many) landlords get pushed by the market dynamics, pricing, etc. holding a long time, or they go there freely day one, into "slum lording" ... that is, not updating these systems properly when they break, dragging out the usable life with bubble gum and duct tape, and renting out basically dilapidated and unsafe properties because the economics don't lend themselves to fixing them properly.2)Not to say you can't still make money in these markets, but it is a different strategy.

Homeownership should not be as easy as buying a piece of gum from the grocery store.

Don't move away from the grill and flip the patty every 90 seconds"lolMy fire in the belly is always burning mate.I can take the hit's and happily turn the other cheek and say "Do this side now".As biz owners we get paid the big $$$ to take the hits, so it comes with the job.Just happy to share some behind the scenes mumbo jumbo that we put up with.I got Dingo Deals falling out of gum trees hahaHappy Saturday Margarita Day (Was 2 days ago but who's counting hehe)

  :) And always wear gum boots or Dr Martens just in case you step into human S#%@.Rudy Giuliani for San Fran mayor hahahaha

We are buying a new TH in Prosperity Plains (Braddock & Gum Springs Rd).

We have however learnt a lot over the past one year through bigger pockets and our own experience with this bubble gum on our shoes.