The powers-that-be have decided that we need a Govt Permit to do almost anything nowadays (changing a pool motor, replacing an existing water heater, etc).

so a $90 service all and an $80 capacitor fixed well over 1/2 of most issues.There are lots of issues that aren’t even that complicated… Batteries in the thermostat going dead, drain lines, getting clogged with dirt and goo, drip pans that get full from the unit sweating too much or not draining properly, bad thermostats, etc.Occasionally, you will get either a leak, or a bigger part that goes bad that will cost in the $200 to $500 range… fans and motors going out, etc.Home warranties are worthless… they will take 3 weeks to fix your AC.  

One of my rental's AC Air Handler Fan Motor finally went kaput after 33 years of faithful spinning.

Open all doors, closets and leave the fan motor running to circulate the air.

If that is the case, in my experience (Florida based), when you apply for a "Real Property" sticker (couple hundred dollars) it turns the home from a motor vehicle into real property, attached to the dirt...so now, instead of paying a small DMV registration fee, you pay property tax on the home.

A mid range repair such as a circuit board or motor is gonna be in the $300-$500 range.

I paid $850 to replace inducer motors and I charge my customers only $450 in California.I will shorten story, immense.

She then went on to explain what systems need to have a value assigned to them: -HVAC systems ( motors, compressors, boilers, furnace, chillers, pipes, ducts, radiators) -Plumbing systems (including pipes, drains, valves, sinks, bathtubs, toilets, water and sanitary sewer collection equipment, and site utility equipment used to distribute water and waste to and from the property line and between buildings and other permanent structures)-Electrical systems (including wiring, outlets, junction boxes, lighting fixtures and associated connectors, and site utility equipment used to distribute electricity from the property line to and between buildings and other permanent structures)-Gas distribution systems (including associated pipes and equipment used to distribute gas to and from the property line and between buildings or permanent structures)...

How to filter toys or other junk like cigars etc. tenants may accidentally or intentionally put and flush  before reaching septic tank or field lines to avoid damage to septic tank or field linesMy septic contractor charged 18k to  put a pump motor and then put advanced Elgin small field lines in the front yard as back yard has lot of rain water drainage issues as backyard is downhill.

Till now i spent below money1. 30k to replace septic system to advanced elgin system to put septic field lines in front yard and put electric motor to pump septic water through crawlspace through crawlspace.