One day when we opened it the bells went in between two panels.

I'm actively trying to buy in FL, at the right price.

Maybe he's flat broke and can't come up with $5000.

I'm not sure the correct way to do it, but here's how our guys do it.After the plastic house wrap is put up, they wrap felt from the inside to the outside on the sill, so it lays flat against the sill, and lays against the house, over the plastic, about 12" down, and 4-6in to the left and right of the window.

I never mentioned anything on price so don't flat out tell me I'm wrong when you're applying a conditional statement to my post!

The panels might have been cut too short.They provide airflow, so the opening is adequate for airflow if it previously was sufficiently sized.

The reality is it takes a SPECIFIC type of personality to do property management effectively.Sadly a huge majority of managers are not good at what they do and want the residual paycheck.Other than a tiny fee and a big headache they get no benefit of depreciation,cash flow,principal pay down,and appreciation (hopefully) of the property.I can tell you flat out I am an investor and a commercial broker and I am all about closing sales.Never will I do property management.I love the art of the deal closing sales too much.It is really hard to find a property manager worth their weight in gold.If they do a fantastic job what you pay them shouldn't matter.Plenty of cheap but crappy managers out there.Expensive ones too that are crappy as well.If I found someone great I wouldn't mind paying them a premium.

It may be easier and cheaper for them to simply swap out your clear glass panels with frosted ones.If you're a brave adventurous soul, you can try spraying automobile wheel cleaner on the glass (most of those products used to contain HF acid), but the "tree huggers" may have had it banned in recent years.

The lending environment just flat-out sucks right now!

Is it likely that one would deny the national housing price decline because they live in an insulated pocket of the market that has only seen flat-line price changes or even some appreciation?