Because all of the interior surfaces had been painted over (albeit sloppily), there was no lead found inside the house.

Do this Especially if your going to use the Radiant Barrier decking, as any surface of that stuff that is pressed up against something, I.e. the support lathe boards, is negated!

The value is in the nuance, it's never on the surface.

A little more I aim to have a BRRRR under my belt before end of the summer, so I can quickly surface answers to questions I do not know to ask; enabling me to scale to your level.

On the surface this seems like a good thing.

If it allows for multifamily, you need to know that the building and zoning requirements are in terms of set back requirements, max impermeable surface, etc.If what you want to build doesn't fit zoning wise, you might have to pursue a variance or multiple variances in order to get a project entitled and approved.Once you've done this homework, repost on the forums here and tag me in and we will take the next steps from there.The bottom line is this. 

My name is Jay and just like many of you in here, I'm just scratching the surface.

Any hard surface flooring will still transmit noise/sound.

On the surface, perhaps it does. 

@Philip Hy just on the surface that seems very expensive, but several factors play into tax preparation cost.