Also with washer unless they are super overloading it, or moved it and the hose disconnected that could be the cause.

Taking a drink from a fire hose is the best way to describe the info I share with clients.

The conditioning of a structure should not be related to the hydraulics.

What is a Frame Hose? 

Imagine that they strike a deal with the next-door neighbor for an exchange - "you can use my pool if you fill my pool from your hose, with your landlord's money!"  

Talk about drinking from a fire hose! 

Since these five properties are paid off, the cash flow should feel like a fire hose compared to those who are looking at $100/door.I'm in your situation myself.  

If they turn off the irrigation water, that's what hoses are for.

So I found a person trying to sell a property on craigslist in a smaller town about an hour away. He said he will email me photos, but as of yet I have not seen any.  The property seem undervalued even if I bulldoze t...

Especially the days when you discover that big capex like a roof being blow off (happened 2 years ago), some tweakers climbed up on the roof and gutted the A/C (did two of those in the last 12 months), an evap cooler leaked for so long that the drywall on the ceiling of the kids bedroom caved in (last year), the hot water heater blew a hose and a major leak went unnoticed for 10 hours flooding the hall, kitchen and living room (dealing with that now), the tenant smelled gas outside, the gas company came and shut off the gas because the underground pipe is corroded AND also discovered that the water heater is not venting properly so it got red tagged (just dealt with that last month) or the time the tenant "invited" a homeless guy over, he moved in, then called his other homeless buddy up and he parked his crappy RV with his entire family living in it in the driveway.