Painting plastic can be done but typically paint doesn't like to stick to plastic. 

She has been in the hospital with surgery and then to an assisted care facility.

A kind lady at Lowe's (where I had gone to buy Drain-O) suggested I use vinegar and baking soda to loosen up any gunk, then use the cheap plastic "snake" to get the blockage out.

I take my dogs out a couple times daily (kids also take them out as well), we carry extra grocery bags, the plastic ones, in out pockets and immediately remove the offense soon as its dropped from the animals exaust.

I always get it staged however and would never show a house that wasn't 99%.As an example right now my current house is listed with the following not 100%:Aluminum trim at gable ends and rear.Fireplace mantle trim and paint.Threshold at front door needs paint.Final laundry hookup tie ins (outlet and plastic trim around it).Touch up paint inside one closet.Basement floor paint.None of these items have been deal breakers, but of course I have multiple other projects going on, and just haven't nailed down finishing some of these.

That would be my biggest worry - what if someone had a heart attack and needed a very expensive surgery that would normally be covered with regular insurance.

Comes with a plastic valve seat and silicone sealant.

I had a brain anuerism and a stroke at age 54 and have been told by my Doctor about how good I was doing but thanks to a Chiropracter told me to get an MRI on my head and I was scheduled for head surgery that was 2 days before I was scheduled for that corrective surgery.  

Cardiologists don't need to have heart problems to do surgery.

My research and gut feeling are telling me not to get those(not really owning the unit/s, having to ask permission from the co-op board for virtually everything Id like to do to to the unit, not being able to rent the space during the first 2years, and having potential neighbors perform open surgery on my financials doesnt sound fun to me.)