I suggest to look for solutions where you keep the current hard surface - at a minimum I would just pressure wash the concrete. 

County MD just outside of Washing, DC and Northern, VA.

Was he properly licensed and insured?

Rent by the room has been tried for quite a long time by private investors, and any increase in profits is usually lost in the wash due to high turn-over, property damage, and tenant conflict.

I had a committment from Wash Fed for 70% and then they backed out.

Perhaps look into some kind of white noise machine to dull the impact these small noises have on you.

Austin has been a job creating machine for many decades and not necessarily with engineering.

My advice to people looking today would be to build a time machine and go back to purchase property in 2012.

Again, if you wonder why I would look at this data, the Slurpie machine awaits your gentle but firm touch.Just a little fact to consider: Residential Real Estate prices are based on three factors: 1 - Return on Investment, that is what will the house/condo rent for, 2 - Median income which determines affordablitity according to Fannie Mae guidlines and 3 - the prevailing interest rates.Gee, I bet you all knew that FUNDEMENTAL!

By openly sharing the mistakes that each of us have made - we can all avoid them and as a result - BP members will make more money as a community.So here we go...If you can build a time machine and you can talk to your younger self to warn YOU of that BIG real estate mistake you're about to make...what will your warning be like?