I would communicate loud and clear this is not acceptable and speak to my agent if you had a clause for things like this or you can charge them for cleanup.  

Rock wool insulation is frequently used for sound deafening.  

He talks about finding rock stars to add to your team since you won't be able to manage the process in person.As for the area, I assume you are talking about the houses near UofL. 

I will not be changing any structure, just simple insulate, sheet rock, run some electrical, etc.

And for what it's worth, Zillow seems to think the ship channel area will do a lot better than Katy for price appreciation https://files.zillowstatic.com... while the 290 corridor seems to be rocking rent appreciation https://files.zillowstatic.com... 

I'm already at rock bottom spending -- house hacking is my only hope right now to lower my costsSo maybe a related question here (can post to a new thread if that's better): What kinds of deals that HAVEN'T made the 1% rule have people nonetheless made work?

But from my experience sifting through forums - some viable options for RE investing seemed to be within: Inglewood, Hawthorne, Arts District, Eagle Rock, Highland Park, etc.

Better to get the project rocking ASAP.

I would tell mom to kick rocks, if she isn’t on the lease, and speak directly with the daughter though.  

The power lines are hanging down in the yard but I don’t see much more besides some mold from roof leaks and the rest would need to be gutted and re-rocked maybe move a wall or two to open it up for what we are looking to do.