If that's true, then I wouldn't want to leave anything to chance; I'd want to go the more "accurate" route they suggested & get soil from directly underneath the tank (they'd have to pull it up in this case--along w/ the deck that's positioned over it.) 

Huge deck.

Stack the deck in your favor by aligning yourself with a good investment sponsor for your passive investments.

Long enough to rot the floors down to the decking.

Then when I scrape (16" blade") I hold a "tray" ) a cut off cardboard box works fine for this, up close to the ceiling so the popcorn doesn't have far to fall.

One is on my back deck (that I affectionately refer to as my "bock" deck), one is on my front porch, one is on my couch, one is at the brokerage firm where I hang my affiliate broker's license (nice perk of being a Realtor), one is at the engineering firm and machine shop where I have a part-time job, and finally I often work out of my car or from the hood or trunk of the car.

Scope of work on an $80k budget is: * build out ofbasement apartment down to the studs* upstairs new kitchen on existing footprint* replace/enlarge 2nd story rear deck* new roof, door, & electrical for 2 car garage* add a bathroom in existing finished space on the 2nd floor OR rebuild one gable at a lower slope to allow finishing out current space under the eaves as a master suite* perhaps other stuff we haven't thought of The questions are A) how do you approach down-to-the-studs level remodel projects? 

It sounds like the government has stacked the deck hard against landlords.  

Removal of 3 layers of shingles and 1 of wood shake plus a new deck was another $4500.

The container roof would be use for the roof deck.