If we find it is a tenant caused probable, we charge them for the cost of clean out.Depending on the price of the insurance, it may be worth it, but if you only have a few houses, the odds of not having a back up is in your favor.As an investor and future owner of many more properties, you should try your hand at doing it yourself; Rent the machine with the auger and motor on itTurn the water off to the commodeDrain it as best you canRemove the two closet bolts (when replacing, don't tighten too tight or your brake the porcine commode).Remove the wax ring--- messy, stinky -- use cloves - don't get it on your clothingLife the commode from the waste line......guaranteed you'll get water on you (hope it is not yellow)Now feed this heavy cable down the waste line as far as you can go.Push the start button on your machine and watch the cable spin as it seeks the block, oh, be careful because sometimes stuff will fly out and may  smack you in the face.If you are lucky you'll find a baby's toy, a rag or some sort of material that may be unpleasant; bag that ugly stuff for later disposal.Oh, did you buy a wax ring?

It is typical for me to buy a $2000 lien and need to sell the property for $8-10K to brake even.

Wrapping the trim . you rent a brake 

You slam on your brakes and skid to a stop because you almost passed a house where the lawn wasn't mowed!!!

Materials aftermarket on e bay.

Quote from @Donna Brake: Start the eviction process on the earliest date allowed by the law and your lease.

Can of Worms once you start you will want to redo everything so put the brakes on now.Paint is the least expensive tool you have. 

when they are filled i don't worry about brake ins messing up the renovation. duplexes are for investors so having it filled is mostly  looked at as plus. cash flowing from day one.

Begging to get caught, in fact, because as he was getting the aforementioned knob-bob, his foot kept pressing on the brake pedal, lighting up his brake lights, over and over again.If you don't know the story, do a search on Divine Brown, circa 1995.

Or a licensed Broker etc. these allow you to make money by fee based with no risk of having to buy the asset.Then there is the after market note business which is highly technical and I think a good mentor/trainer would be wise to have as its simply much more complicated than the dead simple idea of running rentals.. :) Account Closed I like Mikes definition of a mentor..