That should keep both of you happy and eliminate the feel of competition between you both.

Even if you're still paying for some of the expenses out of pocket, you've most likely drastically reduced your cost of living by eliminating most of if not all of your mortgage, property taxes, and/or insurance.

The answer to this will eliminate plumbing issues like leaking water mains or sprinkler lines.  

Although this is probably less likely than the water leaking in through the window wells, it is possible, and you'll want to eliminate it as a cause of the flooding before deciding on how to fix the issue, because if it's groundwater, then the solution to the problem may be completely different than if it's water coming from other sources.As you consider these questions, keep in mind that water follows the path of least resistance--for example, water will flow through a gravel-filled trench much quicker than through solid earth/clay.

I have simply eliminated the middleman.

To give you an idea of how it change the Real Estate industry, the law contributed to the elimination of the capital gains tax differentials, the increase in the period for writing off taxes for depreciable real estate, and the limitation of the deductions of passive investment losses.

The low risk requirement eliminated lots of investment types like trading crypto, venture capital, ultra high leverage real estate deals - except for maybe a very small percentage of my investable assets.Since I’ve already accomplished tax minimization by managing to hold the majority of my assets in a retirement plan and paid the taxes to turn that plan into a Roth, number 4 is not a concern.I do invest for current income as second place to wealth preservation, and increase wealth as third place.

Counter argument:Paying off a house reduces risk by eliminating mortgage payments.

It makes financially a ton of sense, it eliminates your biggest living expense - rent.

I understand this eliminates the "self sufficiency" test that the FHA requires for 3-4 units - which is great news.