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Proximity to salt water will increase your maintenance costs (paint, deck, woods, HVAC, etc).We have an STR in the Outer Banks and we learned this lesson our first year.Mike

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I am thinking of having them do the front path entrance and stairway to the first unit, the driveway which belongs to the first unit, the path to the entrance of the second unit, and maybe the deck/deck stairs or at least a pathway on the deck to the slider-the deck is shared between the two units and the slider leads to the first unit.) 

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@Ryan Pritchard  You could tell the tenant not to store things on the porch. you could provide a deck box on the end of the long term tenant. 

Was there any discussion for new construction for a parking deck for the stadium? 

A concrete porch may not be any different than a similar size deck.

Those 2x12's don't look like they will span those decks at a 20psf live load.

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