Didn't even bother to tear out the concrete...we just isolated the affected area and ran new lines through the house to by-pass the break, and then abandoned the below-grade pipes.

It really depends on how much work it will take to locate and isolate the source of the leak.If you are tearing up the floor and digging into the foundation you could easily be looking at $10,000 to $25,000 to repair the pipes,the foundation,and reflooring over the worksite if not the whole house to match.

I do not prefer to calculate ROI in the manner described, or if I did (which I don't) then I would not consider it in isolation with other important variables that this calculation ignores.

Converting your garage should be doable because in a lot of houses it's relatively isolated from living areas of the house.

What you are describing is not an isolated incident.

Also, by picking out products at certain price points, you can isolate what the labor is that is being charged.

If you want to review your options with a lender, send me a PM.Seasonality is a component in areas around colleges of course but since UChicago isn't an isolated stand alone college town I think it would have less of an affect.

I would hope by then there was a decision made on self-isolating “lockdown” and wouldn’t take 3 more weeks for officials to take this step.

Personally I think the real estate fundamentals for investors are totally fine in isolation, but it would be hard to shield the effects from a general recession.

This implies that the rent impact is isolated to your cash flow.  1 month vacancy is equivalent to an 8% reduction in rent to the annual cash flow.