BrianNothing prevents tenant from running the water, kicking holes in walls and door, or other vandalism.However, these things seldom happen as retribution.More likely, a tenant fills up an inflatable pool every other day in the summer, or fails to report that the kitchen drain is leaking, or that the boyfriend beats her up every weekend and busting up the place, or that tenant lets a dog do his business on the carpet, or overflows the tub because they fell asleep.While a good tenant will agree to a fair water policy; the court will typically throw out the policy in an eviction.Keep in mind that you can get a leak notification from water department via “clear-reads” through the mycleveland water website.Usually bad tenants are multi-dimensional... they tend to follow a pattern... low credit score, extension criminal background hits such as driving with suspended license, expired plates, drugs, panning the rent late, refusing to pay the water, violating trash pickup guidelines, police calls by the neighbors, no-show for service calls, removing smoke retractor batteries for the kids toys, not replacing burned out lightbulbs, not taking care of the yard (in a single family”, busting blinds and screens, etc. 

Add a half bath on the first floor or basementSW Philly, North Philly in 19140, West Philly between Lancaster and Market: 50-60k-Laminate floors, central AC option, finished basement optional, carpet upstairs, open up kitchen, lowest end granite or high-end Formica. 

You have to have a GFI in the kitchen and bath, but all the outlets do not have to be grounded.

Do the same test with all the sink and kitchen faucets.

They took great care of the place, re-did the entire kitchen at their expense & maintained it immaculately.

I had to repair the driveway, new fence, do the roof suffice, new kitchen cabinets for one of the units, fix the front and rear decks/porches, installed security cameras, eviction cost of 3k, dumpster cost, paints, interior door

Washer dryer in units, improve kitchens and baths and exterior What was the outcome?

We had 8 doors, reception, kitchen, conf room.

Scenario: 2 bed 1 ba house in high appreciating area in southern ca (west of the 5 for anyone who lives in San Diego) which is high priced now but being coastal and in an up and coming area is set to roll. 1 granny suite in the back with full kitchen and bath + Separate barn unit (not zoned for a dwelling unit but is carpeted). 

Don't miss the 25 year old boiler, don't assume you can renovated  kitchen without having some plumbing and electrical work involved (even minor stuff will cost).