All Forum Posts by: Judd Campbell

Originally posted by @Dawn Young:

Judd, did you buy the place?  How did it turn out? Did you have to pain the ceilings, too, or not?

 I did not.  I did however grow and I up up to 31 units.  I need to post more often.   lots of good stories to share! 

wanted to update with my toy I picked up this spring.

2009 DB9 Volante

Originally posted by @Judd Campbell:

2014 ram 1500 crew cab and the wife has a 2014 Ford Flex ecoboost.
Day jobs pay for the cars.
I like cars and the next one is going to be an Aston Martin DB9.

 2 years later, up to 31 units (had 12 at this posting I think.)

I decided to enjoy life a little

@Bryan O.,  I think it is all PVC but I am not sure what is under the slab.  Another bummer is there is not a cleanout behind the house.  

I should be better about charging the tenants.  I have 2 handymen and they will just stop by and try to fix it themselves, if it will not open up I end up sending a pro.  I have only had the property 1.5 years and I have not placed any of these tenants in this building so I only hear "It's always been a problem here" 

I am up to 32 units now so I need to be better with standardizing processes. 

The guy I called said he would use a mechanical snake first then use the jetter.  $400 total.  he will be in and out in 2 hours.  

I looked at buying a jetter myself as I like tools and my handymen could learn to operate it.  seems like the gas powered ones are 3k+

Don't think I need that kind of capital equipment laying around.....although it would be nice to do that to all the drains when I acquire a new property....hmmm

Thank you all for the quick replies!  The pipe takes a turn and goes right under the slab and through the back door and under the parking lot out back before going into the sewer.  Replacing the lines would be a huge tear up that I would like to avoid.  I will call and inquire about getting a camera service and a brush / squeegee service to push the grease down and out of the lines.  I would like to start them clean and give them a shot to stay.  There is one tree back there 20 feet from the pipe but it is large so maybe that is the problem, perhaps the roots are getting in there, it would be nice to confirm.   

Their lease expires in April '17

I have a 4-unit building built in the late 70's.  All the units have hispanic families in them.  over the last year I have had to have a plumber unclog the kitchen sink for 3 of the families.  One guy texted me just last week and mentioned that his sink is backing up again. 3x in the last year.  The plumber has told me it was cooking grease in the lines, he spins the snake quickly when he feels the grease then runs hot water down the drain, that seems to open it up for a few months.  I have told the tenants that they need to only put water down the sink but I can see lots of cooking pans full of grease sitting in and around the sinks when I arrive.  I have informed the tenant that per their lease they are responsible for drain clogs.  he said he will not fix it and he is not going to be responsible for an overflow since he told me about it.  He has been in this unit for 3 years and his parents are next door (have been there for 7 years)  They have gardens planted out back and they have no desire to move, I would like to keep them but I can't keep paying $169 to fix the sink drains.  I have told him to put boiling water and dawn soap down the pipes but I have not heard back.  

Thoughts? 

But over those years he lived off the money spending a few million a year I would guess. Does the S&P example account for pulling out a few million each year? Back of the envelope math I would think that would make a big difference

I may take you up on some help at some point!

I may know a guy, I will but you two in touch