Deferred maintenance w/ inherited tenants.

[Matt Miller]

I purchased an occupied duplex in January. Since then the tenants have paid rent on time and have been easy to work with. However there is some deferred maintenance that that came up in the inspection that the seller opted to knock down the purchase price instead of fixing himself.

The item in question is a bathroom that has significant water damage. What is the best way to go about making these repairs while the unit is occupied?

Considerations

* I am not a professional, but I would like to do the repairs myself.

** This is the only bathroom in the unit, so I would be shutting things down for the duration of the project.

*** Single male tenant.