She is retired from the postal service after 25 years, he is retired from Ford Motor after a 35 year career.

We finally ended up replacing it with a new door and motor last year.  

Kind of like the lack of pressure to provide good customer service when your a government employee working at the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles).

Not only did they pay to replace the gate, but it slightly damaged the very old motor.

I am thinking of putting in an RV dumping with electric hook ups for potential renting out the plot to a motor home, tiny home or container home.  

Split up the money into four parts. 1. layered CD's you won't lose but little gain like 1.5-2% 2. buy 10 individual stocks of products that you understand and believe can grow in the coming economy- tiny houses, ADU's, bleach, beer can production, tents, cheap motor homes, grocery chains, you know the stuff... avoid retail, big box, restaurant chains, travel 3. use for down payment to buy AFTER Halloween another rental in different market - college town is good idea. 4. pay down with the remainder

Can call a plumber for $100 Water drip from faucets Always buy high quality faucets No hot water Either a problem with the water heater or it might be a heating element inside Bugs/rodents Educate the tenant they can't leave food around and be messy Hire someone to remove (couple hundred) Say in lease after a few months it becomes the tenant's problem Garbage Disposals Try not to put these into rentals Something might be stuck, or the motor might be burned out which will be a couple of hundred bucks from a handyman Toilet water leaks Pretty cheap to fix, probably a problem with the flapper.

It can be exciting to want to go all in on a larger building, but there's A LOT about home maintenance I'm glad I learned at a small scale, especially as soon as I moved in there were plumbing issues, dishwasher issue, the blower motor in the units went out as well amounting to about $1,200 in costs in the first 6 months.

Good plumbers will have a motor driven auger with cases worth of extensions to ensure the line will be as clear as possible.   

If the motor is pulling high amps that would cause surging on start.