Usually it's not necessary and has the potential to expose a lot of problems that would have been out of sight/out of mind had the wall never been opened up.

Hind sight is 20/20.Like I said we have two small kids, full time jobs.

It would suck to find out water heaters, appliances, pipes, a/c's will be going out in 6 units within a couple years- maybe thats why the owener is selling.Painting is ok, but make sure they are not painting rotten wood, CC is right next to the ocean and salt water is brutal.In CC i would definetly check the flood plain and make sure that flooding wont be a issue aswell.

Welcome the sight Carlo, and thanks for the compliments.Lets keep discussion of Freddie Mac and short sale fraud to the existing thread.

I agree that it's getting tougher to find them but having a loop sided playing field allowing and businesses to exploit workers in "Third World" countries is okay because it's out of sight out of mind.

I see this as a world of abundance, and I'm an optimist, however, I still feel obligated to protect my little neck of the woods by not advertising it's location.

Open up the cabinet door and look at the jam and feel the inside corner areas to see if it's solid wood or not.

Although there is no real evidence that cathing bass on beds diminishes the spawing ability (that I can find), I find it hard to resist the HUGE females that are in plain sight.

If this happened to be tea party protesters, it would have got more coverage than Tiger Woods.

Also, I personally wouldn't use MDF wainscoting, as if there is any penetration, it will swell and be quite noticable, where pine (or other real wood) wouldn't be as noticable if there was damage.Jay