This is a great website, the only thing that everyone have in common is that everyone invests in real estate.

But there is a lot of missing info that makes it hard to even begin.As other's noted, it could be any number of things, some more common than others.It might not even be bathroom related, i.e. a roof leak that is showing itself in a bathroom (but presumably this would be present when raining and shortly thereafter).Toilet, could be wax ring or the O ring that connects tank to bowl.  

Washington offered to trade his surveying fees for those parcels he considered ripe for development, and utilized any money he earned to do the same.  

I love hearing insight from hosts who have solved this common pain point.

In our budget, we have a contingency of 2 months' worth of mortgage and utilities accounted for.We have another LTR thats been a breeze to manage for over 6 years buts its only 2 adults living in it they have really taken of the home for us...Thank you!

Not necessarily hard times, but more commonly life events.

Later, he took common asked qustions from the book tours and wrote another book.

Utilities, I'm hearing that there are cases where owners may be paying some of the utilities vs the tenant.

We almost always utilize 50% leverage.  

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