Ome of the best things is we're not counting on the city for water, cleaning it, switching water sources, the traces of prescription drugs, etc.  

@Sean LarsonLet me fly the big caveat banner by stating that I do not know how easements are handled, or the time requirements are for a prescriptive easement, in your jurisdiction.Do you know where the property is?  

This is a bitter pill, but if it describes your situation, you need to swallow it.You need to understand how wholesalers and realtors differ.

It's definitely a hard pill to swallow but a huge eye opener. 

I think my rent is now 10-15% below what they would rent it for if I were new off the street, and if my landlord were to raise it all in a year, it’d be a bit of a bitter pill to swallow and burn some good will; it would certainly send me at least looking for another place.$650 / $500 = 1.3For those 2 tenants, you’re wanting a 30% increase in what they pay in rent.$650 / $425 = 1.53For that one stable tenant, you want a 50+% increase in what they pay in rent. 

Firstly at the end of the day it's the AHJ's (inspectors) call - however from my experience they usually rely on what are referred to 'prescriptive' methods for design (ie: IRC, span tables for joist sizing, tables that dictate minimum design requirements, etc) and if those prescriptive requirements do not meet an application, that's when often they will either require an engineer, or give some direction if they are comfortable.When using a sister to an existing framing member, the capacity of the new member should be evaluated but also how it is attached to the existing, as a shearing failure of the screws/lags can occur. 

That would be a tough pill to swallow.

The Forums are not some 'magic pill' that solves problems, but it can be part of a balanced diet of real estate information :-)To me the biggest benefit of the Pro is unlimited use of the calculators ( I probably use 5-10 times a week at least).

The first tenant, who broke the handle went to sleep, her bedroom is connected to the bathroom, she took a sleeping pill, maybe smoked weed and passed out.

A lot of the answers in this thread remind me of a part from Charlie Munger's speech "How to Guarantee a Life of Misery" "My second prescription for misery is to learn everything you possibly can from your own personal experience, minimizing what you learn vicariously from the good and bad experience of others, living and dead.