Oh yeah and I forgot to mention that when the section 8 tenant complains to the case worker about the issue section 8 will do an inspection.They will give a notice to you citing the problems with the property and a time line to fix.If you haven't resolved the issue by that date they will put a freeze on your monthly rent payment.So if you make 600 month they will pro rate the numbers of days until you fix the issue and then give you that rent money.They do this at least in Atlanta to make sure the landlords are maintaining the property and fixing issues.If the landlord doesn't the only thing that gets the landlords attention is not getting the rent payment from section 8.

My favorite, if potentially exposed to the elements like in a crawl space is pex since it can freeze and not break.  

You can get a free copy from all three bureaus at annualcreditreport.org  If you have a security freeze on your credit report (now free to everyone), you'll want to lift it temporarily prior to having your lender run it.- income verification: Two most recent months of paystubs if you have W-2 employment or 2 years most recent tax records if you own your own business.

We've had a long stretch of below freezing weather recently... 

One of the incident that happened today is we had sent technician to repair freeze with our expense.

If it's the weekend in the middle of a freezing winter, my plumber might not be available.  

We do have winter, like today, yesterday we had freezing rain on top of existing snow base.I have not noticed shorter roof life here.

I don't like much of anything about the state and I can't stand the long freezing winters anymore.

This seems like more of a nuisance but, in Pennsylvania winters, it freezes over and becomes a 200sq/ft ice rink.At this point, I would consider this a serious safety issue.

I'd be happy that water is turned off right now with the temps dropping below freezing this time of year in a vacant house.