@Joshua Dorkin @Brandon Turner Thanks Josh for the Welcome - I am huge into Information Technology (over 20+ years) and I have to say I am 100% impressed with your site and your ability to stay on top with welcoming new members like me (especially having young children around - I have 3 of them and it is hard to even type this will all the craziness going around me).As a social experiment,  I am interested to see how long it takes Brandon to notice this post as well :- )  I wish you and your family a successful 2015 year and if you ever need anything here in the far Northwest Chicago suburbs, just let me know.

For households with young children who spill drinks (red dye is the worst) and use indelible ink markers with the carpet as their canvas, the carpets may need to be re-dyed instead of replaced.  

So, I'm eager to learn everything there is to learn and very excited to meet and network with like- minded people, get inspiration and knowledge, and eventually do REI full time ( I currently work in the Oil&Gas sector).

Awesome, glad to hear you're inspired.  

I'm a single mother of five hoping too build a future for my children.

We plan to move back into the townhouse once our children move out and go off to college.

Low income tenants usually have a bunch of drama and it's like managing children almost in some cases.I want returns but no drama so that stuff isn't for me.  

Hearing dogs provide alerts to their owners when they hear specific sounds, such as the doorbell, smoke/co alarms, intruders, alarm clocks, babies/children crying, stove timers, car traffic, etc.4.

Inspired by the poll style posts by @Karen Margrave , so I'm starting my own!

Yes, there are not set standards, but do you want to make children have lung damage,  asthma or learning disabilities?