And the media painted us all with a broad brush.

I must say I am familiar with the smart key having some security issues, but I use them at my residence too.If someone wants to get in a house, its really not that hard, my biggest concern would be someone breaking into a house when people are there, so I put a "Texas lock" on every exterior door (manual round thing that you would have to break the door down to get into), that is the best security for nights.I'm glad you brought up the smart key problems, its something I need to put more thought into,,,,I'm considering going to brushed nickel instead of gold for exterior hardware, that might be a good time to look at alternatives

You may not be able to get the same prices we do, but these are some of our baseline contractor prices to do the following complete renovations to these respective areas:Complete Kitchen Remodel: $3,500 (refinish existing cabinets, install ceramic tile flooring, new Formica countertops, new stainless sink with new brushed nickel faucet, new cabinet fixtures, new basic light fixtures, other basic repairs, and all labor included - does not include appliances).

JR will likely continue to create static in your living situation and you need to have peace at home.Best of luck

About $21.29 for a bottle of Joy detergent, a paint brush, and a gallon of KILZ.Mike

Then we used a rotary scraping attachment that we attached to a hand drill, something like this:http://www.homedepot.com/p/Forney-4-in-x-1-4-in-Hex-Shank-Coarse-Crimped-Wire-Wheel-Brush-72739/206472317It was a little thicker than that -- worked great but it was back-breaking work using it with a small power drill.

And the lawn mower dude usually carves it up with his brush cutter.

Also, you will need to go over the 600 key facts that will help you brush up and give you a stronger understanding of the material.

Not sure if you had to fire the old PM, or just give them a little wire-brushing, but those pics look very nice! 

If you do get the property under contract to purchase, an want to assign it, I would brush up on your states net listing laws to make sure you are doing so legally.