I had another landlord tell me he has his plumbing do "maintenance snaking" between tenants.Thoughts?

If her bill is unreasonably high, maybe the tenant can pay for any amount exceeding a reasonable rate, but this may be tricky if this wasn't explicitly determined.As for the plumbing issue, I'm guessing the tenant would only be responsible for a charge to snake the line (or possibly hydro jet) and any additional water damaged caused from the clog. 

Not sure what caused it but I found out the tenant had several large snakes in the property that went up with the house.I like the area for rentals if you get good homes with great management. 

Actually, those are harmless water snakes. 

Hopefully you also got video to see if there are any issues on the lines.We invested in a snake, Home Depot sells used one. 

You can rent a power drain snake with a nasty looking chopper dealy on the end for roots.

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He was out several hundred $$ and a weekend.I did have in my lease that for a stopped up toilet or sink I would pay to "snake" it out.

The basic idea is to find the cleanouts, and run a snake (aka auger) into them.The best kind of snake is the powered one with knives.

Snakes and drain cameras get used to figure it out.