Laminate can be damp mopped but shouldnt be wet.Im proper installation not allow proper expansion around the perimeter will also cause it.Without pictures though it could be a number of things

On top of this full-time job, she also works 10-20 hrs online as a graphic designer and she runs her own eBay business reselling clothes.

I also noted that the house is on propane in the delivery instructions.So the deliverymen / installers arrived today and informed my tenant that they cannot install the new appliances or even haul away the old ones because they do not touch appliances that run on propane and that I would have to hire my own plumber to do the job.Well, I wish that Home Depot had told me this, you know, right when I told them that the unit was on propane so that I could've made the necessary arrangements.Now my awesome tenant is pissed because she took time out of her day to be there for the installation, still can't wash her clothes, and will now have to take time out of her upcoming Saturday for my plumber to come and install her new washer and dryer.Oh, and as a bonus, when I called for a refund of the installation and haul away fees, the rep screwed up refunding me everything I was entitled to, so now I have to go to my local Home Depot to complete the refund at the register. 

There are some really inexpensive private money lenders I refer some of my investors to as well. feel free to PM me.If you choose to visit Cleveland, I wold suggest wearing 5 layers of clothes!

@Jonathan HarmsFirst ... a 1970s house is not old :-;   We are presently rehabbing a unit in one of our "newer", old buildings (Circa WWI) ... lath-n-plaster for the most part with cloth wiring and tar paper laid under the hardwood floors.Different building materials, naturally have different smells - both in their original form and after many years (or decades) of ageing:  the glue used to stick horsehair to lath or 1930s wallpaper to plaster will smell different than the glue used to hand wallpaper today.  

So you will have the same issues as a 4 plex, but now you will deal with even more tenant on tenant issues like a tenant complaining that another doesn't pick up their clothes or clean the dishes or pull their weight or whatever. 

That said, it is also one of the few remediations, which with a bit of planning and instruction could be done by any contractor or as a DIY (unless prohibited in your area): cover the ground with poly; wear appropriate protective clothing and respirator; wet the siding just before you remove it; when done, roll up the debris in the poly and tape it closed; dispose of the waste at the appropriate facilities; and, don't do the removal on a windy day.Alternatively, you can encapsulate the asbestos siding by covering it over with {insulation and} new siding.  

Then show it empty putting your best foot forward.Nobody wants to see dishes in the sink, trash in the cans, clothes on the floor, and so on.An EMPTY property is my opportunity to be proactive, fix absolutely everything I find, preventative maintenance, change all filters, clean out dryer vents, bathroom vents, check for slow drains, clean gutters. 

Tenants will also let family and friends over to wash their clothes. 

.$350K pre tax, $220K take home...Purchase of $2M house, $500K down, $1.5M in mortgate, or $10K per month in PITI....So $120K goes into the house, leaving $100K for eveyrthing else...Now from $100K$40K in child care (because both parents are working)$60K left, or $5K per month...From $5K per month$1000 in utility /cable/iphone$1500 in food include eat out$1500 in cloth, hair, make up, all girly stuff$1000 in 2 cars, assuming you are driving ****** cars..Which leave you with $0 to cover everything from toilet paper to college fund to retirement.....Now, this is a fairly successful double income family, buying a middle class house in sunnyvale, after $500K down...