I have to, so I just grit my teeth and make the best of the situation.

If in between point A and B there is a branched fitting, like a WYE or a TEE, the liner would span across and block that branch, and they have to come from the branch and cut a hole back through the main.

Requiring licenses in each aspect of financial dealings will eliminate those without a clue doing business, except in commercial where borrowers should know better, it dictates responsibility and puts in place a system with teeth.

and have a gorgeous and very smart wife and two beautiful daughters that I hope take more after her than me!

So there will be some that will lie through their teeth in hopes that they won't have to pay.

Specifically the south island (most gorgeous place on earth in my opinion).

@Christopher Meaker I would imagine that in your area there are much easier and straight forward deals to cut your teeth on.Perhaps start with a couple 2-4 residential income units and move up from there?

I was an investor a long time before I became a realtor, and I grind my teeth every time I pay my dues. 

I just bought a new property and, in talking to my landlord friends, have found that most of them don't provide any of these.Installing a dishwasher in my new property would mean:1) cutting out some of the cabinets (it's a 1951 house, so the kitchen is already small, with limited cabinet space) or2) get a portable one that the tenant could connect to the sink when neededThe washer and dryer would be easy to put in, but the hookups are also positioned where it would be easy for a tenant to get them themselves (directly by outside door) without danger of tearing up the floors.I want to be able to charge fairly high rents for the property, and preferably rent to a family (it's in a hot neighborhood and has an absolutely gorgeous and huge backyard, which is rare).

Trying to track down an ex tenant to recoup unpaid bills is like pulling teeth.