We are closing on a 2/1 condo tomorrow with a small fenced backyard and a metal storage shed.

@Antoine Black  In general, yes, it goes off your personal credit. 

(The Black Friday sale on the Bigger Pockets bookstore was where I did my own Christmas shopping so my family knew what to ‘buy’ for me!).

Lake Lure, for example, has more to offer, is more well-known, and is closer to some other great towns like Black Mountain and Hendersonville. 

I just bought it in the fall and am trying to complete a bunch of modifications during off-season (e.g. metal roof, certain safety features, treating the deck, possibly updating the fire pit area, etc). 

It's an asset that will continue to grow as more and more people and institutions begin to adopt it as a safer hedge against inflation than precious metals. 

He says he uses the service every month, yet there are still a lot of roaches.I’m thinking of sending him some roach killer (the black boxes that you place around the home) to help with control.Can I do that?

If you hire someone typically they are the ones providing this information, but if someone is paying you, then yes they need this information for tax purposes.BTW - I would say your SS# has been hacked so many times and is on the black market already this is why we monitor ours through other parties or just lock it down at experian and other agencies if you are concerned about it.

I love how you mixed the metals too.

All of the metal for the metal roof, is imported as coils for the roof and flat metal for the beams/rafters and purloins.