If you're renting the modem, you can purchase it at Walmart, Staples, Bestbuy, etc., and save the monthly rental fee.How many Company's offer Cable and Internet Service in your area?

The insulation on that basement ceiling is meant to keep the living area above warm, and most likely was a DIY by a previous owner; it's just easier for the DIY to staple insulation to the joists with the paper facing toward the basement and it doesn't leave exposed fiberglass (just guessing at what was used) in the basement.Painting of metal jacketed wires is usually no big deal.

I think @Nathan G. is right -- there's a limit to how long these things will last as interior design staples, but they're just still incredibly convenient for C-class rentals like mine.

Pre-COVID I was a staple there

But even this, stapled to the wall in the room it is relevant for gets overlooked.Therefore, once you do the walkthroughs and plans and talk with your contractors, and proactively call them daily, is to show up on site consistently.  

This can be filled out either as part of the affidavit or as a separate document and stapled to the original. 

Now of course you are removing staples from joists that have hung on.

If you have subfloor the wood can be nailed/stapled down for the best installation value.  

Hey Reginald, you can simply go to a staples store to pick up contracts specific for your state.

You become a staple around those people, be nice/respectful, and by the time you are ready to make your first deal you will have such a resource pool that you will instantly know who to goto for just about anything.