It creates an inconvenience for the tenant when they go to their car after a flash flood and the french drain doesn't work well and they are up to their ankles in water trying to get to work, etc.

There was a lot of hard work, determination, and persistence in this project.Rehab Budget Row Labels Sum of Amount Details of Rehab Exterior Improvements $367,020 1) All Exterior Carpentry, Brick and Painting Work2) Tree Trimming3) Foundation repair work for 2 building4) French Drain to reduce soil movements HVACs $146,307 New HVACS replaced as needed Interior Unit Rehab $502,094 1) 5K Budget on average for a unit interior.2) Total 81 units remodeled including new painting, crown molding, new vinyl flooring, new stainless steel appliances, new fixtures, resurfaced countertops, new light fixtures, new ceiling fans Landscaping $30,000 1) Landscaping near Office area and Villa Lighting $6,932 3) Exterior porch lights and critical building lights Maintenance Tools $10,653 4) Maintenance tools such as HVACs Gauges Office/Laundry/Community $76,718 1) Office were renovated completely.

Certainly with an older building that has been mom and pop managed for 30 years, there are plenty of opportunities for improvements that don't necessarily equate to added value (hot water heaters, French drains, new electrical service, etc). 

Ask your LO to compare the products so you know the difference paying monthly or single premium. 

I am French on a E2 Visa.

I think the absolute necessary things are new flooring and paint inside and out, new light fixtures, some new interior doors (or just paint the old ones), new interior baseboard trim, 3 new exterior doors (change 2 sliders to French doors), siding installed on side of the house at least and maybe the back too, change out main front entrance door, new oven, rebuild the deck off master bedroom, and minor landscaping.

You also have a French name.

Good afternoon,I was just notified by my tenant that he was weedeating around the foundation of the house, and ended up catching a rock and flinging it through a pair of french doors. 

Installing a French Drain around the affected perimeter has worked wonders in my experience especially where run off from a hill is involved.

My husband and I just got back from meeting with a developer in San Antonio, TX, named Peter French.