On the latter it's easy for water to get behind the individual wall plates if there's not a bead of silicone on top of them.

In Silicon Valley the termite and property inspections(2) rarely goes over $500.

Purchase price: $800,000 Cash invested: $150,000 First House Hacking in the Silicon Valley/ San Francisco Bay Area What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

This was in Silicon Valley-everybody does their start up in the garage or dining room!

Just a little background on myself I grew up in Silicon Valley and went to school in Orange County studying Economics.  

I live in San Jose and have found through BP that there isn't much potential for investing in Silicon Valley, but I'm in the education phase of REI, and am considering getting my feet wet doing a live-in rehab of the condo we purchased in Dec of 2015.

what's the 'cheapest' home inspection cost? Cond? SFDetach?? i've so far always gone with doing my own since my dad is a bldg engineer and my besty is a general contractor.but unfortunately i cannot do it myself for m...

I live in Mountain View, California (Silicon Valley).

I live in Silicon Valley.

Can also use the cement/silicone caulk (forgot the name of it) for small cracks/gaps if you only have a few.