The floppy, flexible hoses clog and kink a lot.

Understand that insurance is designed to insure catastrophe, but has evolved to the point that we expect to be insured for leaky faucets (ok, I'm over exaggerating here)The question to ask yourself is: would I have to put in a claim to replace damage caused by a falling tree or a broken washing machine hose if the damage was, say, $2500.

John, in your example do you advertise the hose as renting for $850 or $800?

While he was there she mentioned having a question about the washing machine not working quite right, and he also checked on the washer (he replaced hoses, which were old and not working properly, and cleaned out the drain area).

And of course the best I could do was a quick hose off til I got home 3 hours later.I've never been more disgusted in my life.

IIRC the most I paid was about $500 so anyone paying a few grand is getting hosed!

Ive fixed plumbing problems in my rental units from main drain clog, froze/busted pipes to broken mains inside and out root infiltration you name it. call roto rooter get a sewer camera inspection and find out whats wrong it may be a busted elbow this may be cheap to fix now if you have crushed main's some plumbing contractors offer a pipe bursting or pipe relining service and its done with hydraulics they don't even have to dig your soil up they inject a liner in your pipe with pressure guarantee 50 years also try rotorooter,com p.s i had this same exact problem sewage coming out under kitchen i ripped up the floor dug around the pipe then called my plumber to fix it cost me less than a thousand bucks

High expenses (always felt he was being hosed on upkeep and commissions) and a lack of flexibilitiy for his family in peak season finally settled the issue for him.Now that I'm retired and am considering living in CO 1/2 of the year it may make more sense, but looking hard at the numbers I'm still doubting it.

At one time, I had the largest lawn mover, weed whacker, shovel, water hose, and wheel barrow collection on the West Coast!

If it doesn't raise rates, the economy is hosed.