In this town, there have been so many stolen A/C units, they have a couple detectives that are completely dedicated to this problem.

You have no way of finding them, unless you pay out more money for detective work, so there is no way you can ever garnish their wages.

I contacted both the local police and detectives in the Houston area where the fake company check was written.

I also ask subtle questions here and there to see if I can detect a lie.

hi arthur,I have before pictures, but the pee stains are very hard to detect. i do not have to replace the carpet and they ran the wet style vacuum on the carpet on numerous occasions. the discolorations though are still there. i charged them to repair a dark spot (left a bag of potatoes for a long time), but not for the pee stains.just wanted to see what everyone else does when tenants move out and the carpet has stains.

Remember, your job is to become an opportunity detective.

It sounds like I have 2 options:1- I can put in a new 2 inch digital meter,which can download data on amount of usage, exact time of day, and constant stream of usage to automatically detect leaks (cost of a few hundred dollars)2- I can install individual meters for ever unit.

The author was a police detective who also had rentals.

We even talk to neighbors, drive the neighborhood in the evening, Google searches.Now you don't want to go in guns blazin' but be cool and play detective.

AFCI is intended to detect arcing.