A: Landlord has an obligation to provide clean water, suck it up and buy it.B: Hard water is bad for your plumbing, buy it hopefully to decrease future repairs.C: Water softeners, like under-sink disposals, ice makers, ceiling fans, love to break and cost you money.

Read “Real Estate Deal Maker” by Henry Washington. 

What would you make renting by the bedroom?

Next, he wanted to check the circuit breaker.When it came time to inspect the indoor unit, I informed him that I needed to ring the doorbell since the unit was tenant-occupied.

They claimed the compressor was overworking, used an outdated refrigerant that’s no longer available, the indoor coil had a cracked pan, and the system was beyond repair.

Don the deal maker :)  this scenario is probably more appropriate for @Chris Seveney sand box but one of my favorites was forming a great relationship with the state manager for a thrift they would feed me their loans in foreclosure..

Let the tenants know how to make rent payments and who to contact with problems. 

We took photos, made videos, and were told that they generally do not pay for electronics like TV's, electronic ice makers, and Air Conditioners since it is hard to prove who did the damage or when it was done.

Me: "You have an indoor basketball court?"

Developments have been BIG money makers.