You need to grow a thick skin for this business.

If you're not an agent or deep in the thick of it, I wouldn't just go around tossing lowball offers left & right.

Equities post recession was all about getting in and just holding tight in the thick of the curve to get the reversion to the mean, and letting it sit.

Then insulate with minimum R19 and have air gaps above and below the insulation, and finally hang double or even triple layers of thick sheet rock on the ceiling, like this:Even with all that done, your sound barrier is only as good as it's weakest point.

If you want to gamble money - and let's face it, anywhere you put money is a gamble, however reasonably secure - you better have a thick skin.

When we were stationed in England, and bought our houses, we got a thick stack of documents going back to the Norman Invasion of 1066. 

But once in a while, when the BS gets too thick and my eyes start to water from the stench, things need to be aired out and I will disclose these things in private in this discussion to someone who questions that I am who I say I am, or whom I think is not being fully truthful. 

I"m down in the thick of things everyday, living in a neighborhood most people are "too good" for , but personally believe has a bright future ahead of it.  

Will also need to come up with a solution for the front door because the stoop is exactly 36 inches wide, which when you use a standard 36 inch door there is no room for the studs on either side or the thickness of the stucco.

For stairs, use lament wood (12mm) thick.