But if you're set on investing out of state, I would suggest settling on a market you plan to invest in and then begin making connections/interviewing local professionals to assemble your core 4.

And for every deed there is both a grantor and grantee (at least there should be both); this also helps to show the succession / assemble the chain.

We always used new paint, but after replacing the entire piston assembly once (about $300), we began straining it anyway.

I would agree the city should be able to send you some acceptable 1HR rated wall assemblies, the building division at the cities I’ve dealt with in my area have sent me pdf documents for multi family separation assemblies, I just did a multi family and the 1 hour fire separation and STC 51-54 assembly the city passed was 2X4 wall 16” o.c, 3 1/2” roxul safe n sound batts, resilient channel 24” o.c on one side, 2 layers 5/8” type x drywall on one side and 1 layer of 5/8” type x on the other.

In the two occasions were we have placed laminate on a floor over a {at times} humid crawl space, we laid our own vapour/moisture barrier first and then the regular thinner foam underlayment as opposed to purchasing the underlayment with a bonded vapour barrier.Finally, I've grown to dislike laminate in stick-built apartment buildings - particularly older ones without sound deadening in the ceiling/floor assemblies - as it is loud for the tenants below.  

I am going to use this in helping me assemble my offer.  

@Geoffrey KleinI would try another painter, they should be able to assemble some sort of scaffolding to reach the untreated wood.

To: The Greatest Real Estate Investing Community Ever Assembled (Biggerpockets, obviously)Why the heck real estate?

You don't really need to sell hard if you have a quality product or assembly of principals.

The manual could have a copy of the building permits pulled, photos of construction in progress and cut sheets of construction assemblies/standards used during the project.For example, if a bathroom was remodeled, take pictures of the waterproofing membrane, provide product specifications, maybe even provide a mockup for the homeowner, so they know that everything was done right and by the book.