Minor example would be a satellite dish installed where it shouldn't be, and a major example would be a huge toilet leak that has gone unreported for a long period of time.

Example owning a SFR house where the tenant might call you for a clogged toilet at 10 p.m. after you have worked a hard day at your profession and are exhausted.ORThere are other methods which allow you to be more hands off but the returns vary and the amount of cash to get started does as well.

Your toilet isn't working?

The other big ones are water heaters, refrigerators, and running toilets.

Hey Jason...What about a Real Estate investment opp that doesn't involve all the messiness of "tenants and toilets", taking out loans/financing or rehabbing or construction or buildings of ANY kind?

It appears the toilet tank overflowed and continued to run.

We put anti-freeze (safe type) in water tanks, traps and toilet bowls to reduce the problem even further.

Toilets, tub, moulding, carpet.Needs new kitchen, room, rugs, spackle paint, driveway, 2 whole bathrooms and 1 bathroom updating.My concern is the two upstairs bathrooms have this gaudy italian tile which only certain people would like.I am thinking if I took the low comp, $425 *.70 that equals $297 - $100 in estimated repairs, that an offer of $200 is where I want to be.

YouTube is a great resource for videos on sheetrock patching, replacing tank components for toilets, wax rings, replacing broken faucets, fixing drains, etc.Those are just a few things that come to mind for me that are fairly simple.

In Dallas, we even sponsored the Dave Ramsey show, which I thought was sheer GENIUS on my part, and we got SQUAT from it (that means NOTHING in Texan).