We recommendre-grading to assure all water drains away from the home'sfoundation.

So you have to ask yourself what 1.) your cash-flow can handle, 2.) what it can't handle, 3.) how fast you can replenish a drained reserve account, and 4.) what major cap-ex costs the next 5 years may yield.

I bought a nice apt building because the owner was so fed up paying electricians to go flip breakers and plumbers to hand-tightening sink drain traps.

A's- big impact but also big resource drain. 

After 9/11, there was a drain to Jersey City because of proximity.

One neglected leaking roof or pipe will put a whole year of cashflow down the drain, and on top of that appreciation isn’t making up for the loss like it will in higher priced markets.

We do flood in the city lot due to the drainage and bad rain these days but it drains unless we get rain like Harvey which is 500 years rain.

*If you have properties with basements, be sure to require the tenant to carry the backup of sewer and drain endorsement.

It’s going to be a money drain with expensive parts and maintenance.

If you're trying to get those "stay-cation" folks you could also provide ice fishing gear, pop-up ice house and auger, snow shoes etc.