8 October 2015 | 7 replies
Communicating with tenants at the onboarding about putting something under metal furniture legs and even removing shoes if possible helps.
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26 May 2015 | 10 replies
The metallic piece at the top that covers the magnetron or whatever was scorched by having food all over it that created hot spots.
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13 January 2012 | 35 replies
However, I feel I'm building a business and I need a strong team to back me. "“Talent
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25 June 2019 | 8 replies
When sanitary napkins, tampons, paper towels, grease, rice or potato skins get flushed, they get caught on the inside of the metal pipes - so do baby wipes, even those that say flushable.
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22 February 2014 | 61 replies
Kevin Martin I see you finished the house with shingles instead of metal roof ?
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3 June 2009 | 15 replies
I walk into houses that I'm looking at as possible investments, and I see old wood paneling, old wood or worse yet, metal cabinets, dated bathrooms, etc...I don't want to put a zillion dollars into these, but I don't want to be considered a "slumlord" either.
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3 January 2012 | 33 replies
To rekey them, take the metal plate off the top of the lock cylinder and dump out the springs and pins.
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26 February 2008 | 4 replies
In that same unit I had another tenant move out in the middle of the eviction process and this time the copper thieves broke in and stole all of my copper plumbing for scrap metal.
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13 October 2017 | 38 replies
I've also found that those round metal downspout leaf guards work well for this too.3) Trim any trees/branches that are touching the house/roof.
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27 January 2013 | 38 replies
As for the stolen condensing units, consider enclosing them in those metal cages which you can lock. and also try to fence your yard with locking gates.