And then big brother will push a little further.

I don't think it takes much longer to get a room to tempature than a CU either.I am putting these in my cabin this spring, using 3 half tons, if I were to go with a CU, it would require 2+ tons to push the air.

hi james, i agree. he is slow on getting the work done, but when he completed the garage siding portion, i had a paypal bill in my inbox 30 mins later. and that rubbed me the wrong way. i paid him right away and that apparently is not good enough.he nickle and dimes me every time as well. while calculating his drywall estimate, he quoted $381. i asked him "why $381 and not $385 or $380" and he said" that's what my formula says. and that's just one example..i dont want to argue because that ruins relationships. not that i have a problem arguing (some might say i am bitchy enough), but i WANT to work with people, not push them away.

A residential framer should be able to give you a better idea and be able to recommend an engineer who could help you out with this.The horizontal members of a roof system keep the roof from pushing the walls over.

To further the analogy, you gave the pendulum a little shove in one direction; rather than switching sides and pushing from a different direction, add to the momentum....Okay, strike that.

It is hard to tell a root cause without being there and seeing how this wall is supported, where the load that is causing it to crack is coming from.

Soil, pests, tree roots, water, etc.

Not too much needed to be done to the property, and although this wasn't at the 2% goal for returns, it was in a great area full of young professionals and grad students (not a lot of undergrad students in this particular area) and was specifically purchased for the long haul as a rental.So far I've had to replace one water heater, have a leaking roof repaired due to combination of weather and "critters" (still need replace the drywall from the damaged albeit removed area) replace the sewer stack and 12 feet of pipe ingrown with roots, and now I've realized that at least two of the electrical meters are routed to the wrong unit.

My bigger concern however is if the Gov. involvement pushes Freddie and Fannie to sell off their REO inventory to "bulk" REO buyers - i.e. institutional investors.

Most of the horror stories I have ever heard are rooted from trying to do business with brokers who are not really in the industry, but they do think they are.