Being in the industry for over ten years and running over 500 machines myself I can only say they are bad dudes. 

Various repair issues, bad tenant, and now this issue.

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

Well, when goes down that's bad for buyers.

Bad management can tank a deal just as fast as anything else.Did you fire the manager and work on finding new management?

That's because it's the group I help run and I was one of the speakers last month.The markets you mentioned are generally considered fourth-tier markets.

Just keep in mind that using that emergency fund to buy your next property and having tapped a HELOC already may leave you in a bad spot if you run into a similar problem again.Also, I’m not 100% sure, but I have heard that personal loans don’t your credit more so than other types of debt so be sure you look into that if you go the personal loans route and then planned to finance your next purchase soon after.

(It costs 10k+ to drain, clean, refill the pool so I only do it once an year and this is pretty standard) I think it is matter of if it looks dirty or smells bad when guests use it.

@Michael ReilmanI installed the Aquasource Henshaw from Lowes in all 20 units I recently rehabbed and they've been great so far, and as an added bonus they're ADA height which is awesome for bad knees!

.: Quote from @Adam Michael Andrews: Too bad this guy deleted his account.