It is tougher to justify hiring it out when a 30 minute pipe-snaking job costs $300.

And I've had five units now for six yearsAnd the only unit that I had to have professionally snaked Was the one with a working garbage disposal. 

So, you are spending all your time and a fortune looking for new clients, looking for workers and dealing with problems when workers don't show up.I really don't know why or how people listen to snake oil salesmen and don't counter their b.s. with these issues.

They hvae never demanded anything out of me, demanded that I come right away, etc.So, when I read the question of "if there's a clogged drain and I have to call ti get it snaked, that should be their responsibility", how do you break the news to them without damaging the relationship?

First it was complaints about having to have her pipe snaked 6 weeks after buying (new Septic and new pipes).

Even some of these "mentors" are nothing but snake oil salesmen.

No worries about pest control & exclusion - large rodents, birds, bats, squirrels, or snakes using the Santa Claus home entry technique.

If you live in the unit get a short, no more than 20 foot hand snake with a drill hookup, they are about 10 bucks and handy for short runs to clogs.

The guy who owned the house before me told me he has had to run a snake down it to clean it out.

Remember that part of your success comes from people knowing they can trust you, that you do what you say and that you operate in a way that will not attract unnecessary legal or regulatory action.Too much reading between the lines leads people to think that there is a snake in the grass so they will not trust you.Find a good agent that can run automated reports.