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18 September 2019 | 29 replies
Evictions can be very expensive with lawyer fees, lost rent, and destruction/deterioration of the property.
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7 September 2018 | 31 replies
I've had some issues with plumbing; mostly weakened pipes and deteriorated valves.The plant life moving in; roots, vines and branches can get into place and cause some damage.
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5 December 2013 | 80 replies
Those neighborhoods didn't deteriorate with the crash, as did the one where our SFRs are...not that it was ever a great area in the best of times.
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11 July 2014 | 10 replies
Unless clog was caused by tree roots or deterioration of the pipes.
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4 July 2014 | 7 replies
I had a few four-plexus back in the late 2000's and they had great cashflow on paper but deteriorated rapidly when the unemployment rate rose.
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27 July 2014 | 5 replies
Do everything you can do make the house durable and tenant proof so the home doesn't deteriorate rapidly.
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26 September 2014 | 13 replies
Units started standing empty and the property deteriorated (physically and financially) to the point that the bank made him short sale it.
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4 October 2014 | 2 replies
In researching the property I learned that the city had declared the property as deteriorated and issued an order to repair the property by August 20, 2014.
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18 July 2017 | 11 replies
It was made of particle board and was deteriorating from age, moisture, and I think the roaches were nibbling away at it.
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19 November 2007 | 5 replies
You need to rip out the surround, make proper repairs, and stop the deterioration.