If you need to replace the locks due to malfunction, wear, or for aesthetic reasons swap them out with the kind that you can re-key simply by placing any key in them.

Since it seems to occur in response to turning the fan on or off, check the switch, the wiring in that junction box, and the wiring at the fan.The swap-out of the GFCI is a good approach but I'd wouldn't discount the possibility that there is a genuine electrical issue.Good write-up on GFCIs: http://www.thecircuitdetective.com/gfis.htm

If they get wrecked, we just swap them out for new.

If a tranche is, say, 10 properties for $700K, ideally have 10 D-T so you can swap out financing over the next N years... where N can be any number.

We actually went there first time to check, contractor swapped the parts the second morning, then we went again the third time to look at the carpet.

My question is since im defering taxes by swapping into another property, but im getting money at closing, Do I get taxed on the 10% at closing or is this basically like a cash out refinance where the money i take out of the equity is not taxable?

its customary but not mandatory in WA for the seller to pay for the owners policy  as the seller is the one saying they have clean title you should buy my property.Lenders policy is paid for by the borrower and required by any lender I have ever heard of.When we are swapping around cheap mid west or south properties that have no debt its not uncommon to not buy title insurance if your familiar with the property.title insurance like has been said can be very tough to execute on when a claim comes up typical insurance companies sometimes you really have to fight ... but if you need it and your covered its very cheap insurance. 

Let him know he can, as I call it, "Swap Until You Drop" and defer the capital gains tax forever.

Bought my first SFR two years ago, mostly for myself but then I realized that instead of living in a 4bedroom house with my fiance, for the time being we might save some money and do a rent swap.

Whose idea was it to swap the his & hers goggles?