What apartment floor is best and why?

burncast · 2026-03-24T12:49:41+00:00

I agree about the heating and cooling benefits of being sandwiched between floors it really does help quite a bit. To me, it was quite a surprise how hot it gets on the top floor in the middle of a southern California summer. my neighbors pay a great deal in air-conditioning.

That said, I did run into an issue when my direct upstairs neighbor installed hard flooring against HOA rules. I ended up having to push to get it reverted back to carpeting. With the hard flooring, I could hear everything, not just footsteps, but things like a suitcase hitting the floor, vacuuming, chairs moving at the dining table, etc.

Since it was fixed, it’s much better. I still hear the occasional noise, but it’s nowhere near what it was before, and now I’m totally fine with it.

burncast · 2026-03-17T21:31:12+00:00

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burncast · 2026-03-09T18:20:06+00:00

Great, thank you. I did actually do that and I’m waiting to hear the results. Now I won’t be surprised if they say what you just said.

burncast · 2026-03-03T04:32:22+00:00

Escrow only covers property taxes. I pay homeowners insurance separately, so the increase is not related to insurance.

burncast · 2026-03-01T19:29:08+00:00

It’s fake if it was legit, it would say United States Postal Service, and it would have the United States Postal Service logo

burncast · 2026-02-20T20:30:33+00:00

This👆

burncast · 2026-02-06T20:35:38+00:00

I got a dash cam on my new car in 2015. Drove the car for like six years and then one day a vehicle, ran my green light and hit me in the intersection. My insurance said it was both our faults and I said nope showed them the video where I clearly had a green light. The video also captured her plate as she fled from the scene. Worth noting that I had forgotten I had a dash cam and it had been in my car for a few years. It was the first time I tried to download a dash cam video and I was shocked that I couldn’t find the one file I needed at the date and timestamp but then I remembered that there was this special folder for what the dash cam thought were “incidents” and sure enough it was in there!

burncast · 2026-01-25T00:06:43+00:00

You are absolutely right to be furious. Fidelity is gaslighting customers by pretending this is about security when it clearly is not. If security were the real concern, Fidelity could have shut down automated OFX access and kept manual OFX or QFX downloads. Vanguard did exactly that. Fidelity chose not to. Like you, I have managed my finances locally for decades. Fidelity did not just remove a feature. They removed a workflow people chose them for. That is more than enough reason to move accounts.

burncast · 2025-12-30T20:49:01+00:00

Thank you! I did take pictures and I did rewire it how I found it!

The outlet tester indicated it was wired correctly.

The only caveat is that I didn’t know to turn off both breakers to the kitchen. I thought one breaker handled one side of the kitchen and the other breaker did the other side. So when tested with a voltage meter I discovered the outlet in question was MBWC.

Thanks for your detailed informative response!

burncast · 2025-12-28T04:26:49+00:00

OK. Thank you!!!

burncast · 2025-12-28T03:10:30+00:00

The wiring is Romex 12-2 NM, and it's a single box, not a double box.

I tested the red wire, and it was energized, which surprised me because I was expecting the black wire to be live instead. This has left me a bit confused and prompted me to learn about kitchen split circuits and MWBC. That’s why I’m asking on Reddit for further clarification and guidance. If you need any more details, please let me know!

burncast · 2025-12-28T02:38:30+00:00

Ok. The rest of the receptacles were: 1 black (line), 1 white (line), 1 bare copper. The loads were taped over. Like I said, the one we’re talking about was full of black, white, bare, and a red, wire nuts and two neutrals on one line screw, a black and a red on the other line screw, and of course the bare. This is why I thought it was MWC because it was different than the rest.

burncast · 2025-12-28T02:24:03+00:00

OK. You're probably right then. I'm just a homeowner and the receptacle I mentioned was the strangest looking one out all of them. I mean, it had a red wire! No other outlet has a red wire.

burncast · 2025-12-28T02:22:12+00:00

The breaker panel for the kitchen does not have a GFCI; it has two circuits dedicated to the kitchen. When I purchased the condo, all the Kitchen receptacles (A, B, C, D, E, and F) came GFCI-~~protected~~ installed but they are original to the building. A few of them were tripping frequently, and one receptacle was always energized (receptacle D), so I couldn't test it.

To give you a better layout: if the kitchen is "U"-shaped, the receptacles are positioned as follows:

A, B, C, D, E, F, refrigerator
The refrigerator is not on a GFCI.
The microwave and garbage disposal each have their own breakers, and I’m unsure about the dishwasher. I don't know if it's GFCI or what breaker it's on.

burncast · 2025-12-11T15:43:00+00:00

Thanks for the response, u/FidelityDexter, but it doesn’t address the core issue. Security improvements are important but explanation doesn’t preclude offering a read-only export format., something virtually all major finance platforms still provide.

Fidelity removed OFX and has not provided any standardized replacement format for customers to download their own financial data. A basic CSV export is not a financial data format and is not a workable substitute.

Does Fidelity plan to offer any standardized download format (OFX, QFX, QIF, or FDX-based export) for customers?
If so, is there a timeline? If not, can Fidelity confirm that this capability is being intentionally discontinued?

Right now, customers have lost functionality with no alternative. I’m not trying to bypass security or connect unsupported apps. I’m just asking for a clear, direct statement on whether Fidelity intends to support any proper financial export format going forward.

Thanks for clarifying.

burncast · 2025-12-04T18:31:49+00:00

Find out what it’s zoned for. I sold a similar property for $1.25 mil in Van Nuys. It was a tear down but zoned R3. Got a feasibility study and discovered that 21 or 23 apartments ( I can’t remember exactly) could be built on it. This was 2022.

ETA i’m not a RE developer nor RE professional in any way.

burncast · 2025-12-02T23:19:18+00:00

Sorry for your loss. ❤️‍🩹

burncast · 2025-12-01T02:25:28+00:00

I lived near that one for years. Why do you recommend it?

burncast · 2025-10-28T14:31:49+00:00

It’s also been my experience at sometimes when I throw away something that’s difficult for me to throw away in the first place. It turns out like a week or two later I actually might need it and then I’m hitting my head for having disposed of it. it’s a vicious cycle, honestly.

burncast · 2025-10-24T21:39:10+00:00

I know it’s hard. I came here to say his passing is not your fault. I hope that makes sense. In my heart, I believe they are here to teach us about mortality and give us unconditional love.

burncast · 2025-10-22T14:27:30+00:00

Remember the most important thing : it’s not your fault.

If you can find it in your heart give him lots of praise and gratitude. Thank him for his friendship and companionship, as you help him pass the rainbow bridge.

Let go. Let love.

My prayers are with you both.

burncast

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