., what tipped me off was the amount of water that drained back into the bucket from the wall. i knew there was a clog somewhere.sure enough, about 12 ft down the line from the sink, there was a Fernco connection of new PVC to cast iron so i undid that. water started to pour out of that joint. ran a snake down and it cleared it. 7 days ago i had to cement a shower hole  and i plugged the hole with paper towel, then i put cement on top of it. i wonder if the paper towel fell in the line and that's what caused the clog. i am glad i experienced it before tenants or inspector noticed it.

One couple I had dinner with owned 4 furniture stores in Ohio and I had no doubt that the 540k to them was a drop in the bucket.. they wanted to learn this stuff for their kids.. and I met many like that I did not really meet any poor people or one's that needed protecting like you want to do ..What you have with this lady is buyers remorse plain and simple she probably realized there is no way I can make money at RE with or without a mentor or training .. and she wants her money back.. she should have never put her money up in the first place.And US consumers should be much smarter.

Sure, if tens of thousands of them were built it would have an effect, but a few thousand new units in a county with over 10M people is a drop in the bucket.  

If you want a easy life with no debt then buy a few nicely cash flowing deals but if a jets on your bucket list.. hire it out till it hurts 😂.

My degree was a bucket list item completed when I turned 50.

I'm sure it has not been easy.This post struck me as I just finished reading about 5 months ago a book which said something to the effect of- "If you come to me and ask me how to invest 500k I'll tell you to go invest in yourself first"Real-estate isn't as simple as dropping cash in a bucket and watching it grow, it's very intricate.

Worst of all, the basement had no exterior door, which meant that approx. 30-40 tons of water-logged clay had to be removed by hand, one bucket at a time, through a window!

Parts of Africa are so rich in oil that it's "harvested" with buckets.

The whole house is original galvanized steel plumbing--it probably has 1-5 years left, and when it kicks the bucket, you'll be ripping out all that fresh drywall and the finishings in the basement.

I let them know that I appreciate them keeping up with the cleaning but asked them to start filling a bucket to do the cleaning and explained that water is expensive as well as a luxury here in Chicago (I know people in California who can't even water their gardens).