I think $6,900/yr is crazy conservative, so if you can just keep your repairs to under $2k/yr, which probably means you may have to be the one snaking the toilet sometimes, you can make $100/yr with a 15% vacancy.

Since it wasn't draining, I'm wondering if he did a bit more (say, snaking the drain).

Rats and snakes are everywhere.

.) - in a serious manner; "talking earnestly with his son"; "she started studying snakes in earnest"; "a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce".

Offers a ceiling fan or dishwasher, for a slightly higher rent and gets it some of the time...On the insurance front, some firms, like the snake oil salesmen at State Farm, will refuse to do anything other than replacement coverage, as it pays them more.

Okay so I move a new tenant into a unit.They call the next day and say the tubs are not draining well.We go and inspect and the tubs are slow draining.We put drain-o and others down the line and it does nothing.Then we call our plumber and he snakes the line.The problem is someone put in a T line from the 2 tubs instead of a Y line so the line is clear from tub to tub but the snake cannot turn a corner to go further into the pipe.So the plumber suggest we use CLOBBER from a specialty store which is straight concentrated sulfuric acid.This does not clear the line.Plumber comes out and then installs a Y line fixing the T-line.Puts a camera down the line from the kitchen which is downstairs and the bath plumbing is in the ceiling.He sees a drink cap and what looks like a bottle but can't tell.We are thinking from a roof put on years ago a roofer dropped a drink down the plumbing vent and it is stuck.So the plumber opens up the wall above the kitchen sink and VOILA the problem is found!

Also these new guys wouldn't dare snake your deal... not enough experience or cynicism under their belt yet.

When A toilet is backed up and you get it snaked get it scoped so you know what was causing it to back up.

Incidentally, the neighbor told me "there've been plenty of people sniffin' around that guys property lately", so I'm not too worried anymore that that snake will get the deal.

I also don't do some other pets like snakes, ferrets, rabbits and iguanas because people take them out of their cages and they are not litter trained.