I have an old-school alarm that has a dial function (had to buy a prepaid sim card for this) that would alert me in case a motion sensor goes off.

Numerous threads on this so take advantage of that search function.

I'd rip it out, unless the bedroom is massive (which it doesn't look like) and you could convert it to a full bathroom walled off from the bedroom, to get the property up to 2 1/2 bath without loosing a functional bedroom.

The goal here is to learn from experience and what better way to understand functional design than living it yourself. 

. - Is the layout functional? 

Maybe it's just a function of living in a city that is huge.

(email and text msgs apply since they function as written instruments)

@Johann Jells As a MA notary, I'm assuming that NJ laws are the same - they may not be.One of the notary's primary functions is to verify that the person signing a document has presented evidence of their identity. 

He checked the ports where the cables came into the building and (according to the cable guy) they are functioning perfectly, which means (according to the cable guy) that the problem is somewhere in the cabling inside the house.

It was replaced and fully functioning on Monday, August 7.