They're pressuring their investor-clients to pay for their sins with change orders and/or escalations, or escalations disguised as change orders.

Originally posted by @John Nachtigall: It pre-assumes that people don't have the discipline to pay extra into their mortgage (with say a 15 year fixed), so they force it by putting you in debt (the initial $15,000 lump) and then assume the pressure of the debt will force you to pay it back over the year. 

I did not want to incur the cost but I figured...that maybe....just maybe....sometime in the near future us ADU home owners may be able to rent both units....like a duplex.At that point it will be worth it to let the tenets be responsible for their own bills.Not saying that other ways are bad...they are actually very cost effective if you are living there...but what about as you scale your business and move onto other properties.This of course if your city will allow you to rent both units...the city I am in is tough but things can change as more pressure is being put on affordable housing.Once again...not saying any way is right or wrong...I just did it this way for the reason I just mentioned.Thank you....

Many early investors put too much pressure on their first purchase and have unrealistic expectations.

A failed pressure test or known electrical issue would prohibit this@Shelby Ek  If the the property did not fail the FSM pressure test, a buyer would be able to turn on the water

(systolic pressure rising so won't get into that)And many less experienced individual investors in SFRs don't do as well as others and "well" means what could you have done otherwise.

In response, I had a plumber and a water restoration company come to assess the situation.The restoration company cut into the drywall, and the plumber thoroughly inspected all the pipes, performed a leak test, and conducted a pressure test.

And honestly a-lot of these TK buyers are not doing proper due diligence before buying and are pressured into buying (by some not all).

"Track the input and let the effort determine the outcomes"This mindset took the pressures of outcome, off the table.

We don't know you, we have no idea how you act under pressure, how much hair a sec8 tenant will have you pulling out or how thick you skin is.