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First time property owner/landlord

I just closed on my apartment building yesterday. It’s all good an exciting. Except that I currently reside in one of the apartments and my upstairs tenants suck. I’m not sure if I’m coming here for advice or to complain but here goes…. My upstairs neighbors(now tenants) are really noisy. Don’t get me wrong, there isn’t anything limiting the impact of sound from their hardwood floors through to mine so it’s not all them and I’m assuming it’s not malicious. But before I became the owner of the building the landlord had messaged them for me one day asking them to keep the noise level down for the day. So they know it’s an issue, and they also know the last tenants lease wasn’t renewed due to this. Another issue I have is that one person is signing the lease to live here, and then bringing in 4 extra people (adults and children) who aren’t listed as taking residency here.

Idk I guess I’m especially crabby about it because I’ve lived here for 2.5 years and I’ve always had at least 5 people at any given time living in a 2 bedroom above me who work(or don’t work period) normal hours. I work nights and I work numerous 16 hour shifts most of them with only 8 hours off in between. So when I come home, I just want to rest because I’m exhausted. The kids running around throwing toys and doing what kids do keeps me from falling asleep, and wakes me up. I’ve tried fans, headphones, earplugs and many more things. The only thing that works is alcohol, if you feel me. Even when I work from home, their noise is extremely distracting. But I also know, now that I own this place I should really just shut my mouth as long as the lady is paying rent and isn’t destroying property because her rent is putting cash flow in my pocket. At this point I am honestly considering soundproofing my floors from below and then once they move out doing the floors from above. I know this seems like a lot, but I plan to live here for at least the next year and I feel like I’m going insane. Anyway, advice or no thanks for listening to me whine!

TLDR; I own my apartment building I live in and my upstairs tenants are super noisy and I don’t get sleep

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