The issue was the boiler pressure, if there is not enough it is not able to heat the water consistently.Check your boiler (and perhaps under it) and take a look at the pressure gauge.

Fueled mostly by our enjoyment of renovating and turning a dump into a diamond as well as not enjoying the pressure applied by the recession!

If the recession is long and deep you may realize some pressures to lower rents but if that happens then I'm not sure where you could invest that would survive that type of recession.  

He is just as much as fault as you are, but he isn't under the time pressure to sell the house. 

Generally speaking though, there seems to be the consensus that in the next 2-5ish years, there will be some sort of market correction.In that same breath, it seems like there is ALWAYS this underlying pressure (not really the word I'm looking for...) to KEEP BUYING DEALS, almost regardless of what the current state of the market is.  

I just wanted to make sure to be able to line up my own financing in case he says no.At this point in time, I'm not really looking to partner with anyone because I don't want to have any pressures on me regarding expectations with this lot.

Depending on water pressure in the area or the number of units in a building, you could possibly have to sprinkle the building.

Another plus of the boot is the visual and social pressure, especially in a large complex.

I paid $1500 how to "Snap Flip" and all I got was pressure to commit to buying a bigger purchase of $30,000.

No pressure, I just have more houses than I can get to right now and my last partnership worked out very well.Good Luck