We would tape foam rubber to the tip as to not break anything in the ceiling, you would use the snake to drop the string towards the light.

Asphalt shingle roof.

There's so much regulation and red tape to wade through, it makes it very hard for the small business owners to succeed. 

Asphalt shingle with maybe an expected 30 year life (depending on location of property). 

Avoid those pesky building permits and red tape. the Government is just trying to nickel and dime your seed capital away from you. 

We hatched a plan to work through the red tape and convert the suites to legal units.

They make money work for them.The middle class buy liabilities while the rich buy assets.The rich use other people’s time and money to make them rich.I share the same shift in mindset.When I worked in Corporate America, I struggled with the bureaucracy and red tape (I grew up on a family dairy farm in the snow belt where when something needed to be done, you just did it).

I don't know what kind of steamer you were using, but a steamer made to remove wallpaper, such as the Wagner 715 that Home Depot sells for $50 WILL get that off as you scrape with a small putty knife up to a 4-inch taping knife.

If you keep running into walls and red tape, maybe you can get L.A. city involved to smooth your way since L.A. is in a massive housing crisis.

Taxes and various red-tape expenses down 30%?