Dry wall or acoustic tiles are light and dusty material.

I expect the lawn to be watered for at least 30 minutes every other day to prevent it from drying out.

What we mean by environmental issues would be chemical spills, soil impact, or underground tanks from former property uses such as gas stations, industrial uses like chrome plating facilities, or other uses like dry cleaning plants.

I’m in search for a contractor now to get down a piece of dry wall.

The Andersen rep also was making me think twice about the Pella windows by saying moisture gets inside of them and the wood rots from the inside out.  

Inaccessible plumbing and electrical, as well as hidden wood rot or termite damage can get very costly, very quickly when things go south...

That said, desalination is increasingly being used to augment other water sources such as aquifers and snowpack in wetter years and is already being done in parts of California.....so it's not like the region is going to dry up and become uninhabitable anytime soon. 

By 2013, the bigger fish were starting to come my way and the deals dried up.

Tim's construction company executed with an deep sense of ownership and responsibility..great partnering with both..Will be posting as we complete more projects in tacoma, Puyallup, Olympia and the whole southside..Property acquired: November 1stCompleted: December 12thHere is the deal analysis.Buying Cost: 113KClosing Cost: 5KHard Money cost (Points+origination + interest): 8KRehab Cost: 31KTotal Cost: 157KAppraised ARV: 202K Walk-in Equity: 40K+Rent : $1450Gross yield: 0.93%Among all the reno work -we changed roof, removed a large tree, paint and santitized interior, changed whole floor, cadet heaters and some electrical work, counter-tops, replaced some broken cabnets, resurfaced the rest, appliances, resurfaced the tub, all lights, plumbing fixes, dry-wall and yard cleaning.

The property is distressed, but not beyond repair ( no rotting or structural damage) They only income is coming from the retail store in #3.