They put a circular piece of plastic over the drain and a wash cloth on top of that.

I was counting on my refi to pay back that money, and if it doesn't, my window cleaning and pressure washing business would have to pay it back...so basically just by working. 

For example, I'm from the Wash DC area and love it there.

Time erases a lot of mistakes in real estate - IE if you can afford to hang onto something long enough you'll usually find the appreciation washes out all but the most egregious errors. 180k, if you're in a good neighborhood, is a pretty low housing cost these days and probably ripe for appreciation (caveat: I think turning a 3/1 into a 4/1 wasn't really a good strategy; people who have actual money want more bathrooms especially as house size increases).

Did they also do their homework before raising property taxes to fund Elorza’s mission to provide $50K of washing machines to the local high schools?  

Wash the history.

I have a rental that has frozen pipes leading to the washing machine that is located in the garage. 

After property management is factored in that too becomes a wash, on top of vacancy and capex issues.It's not an ideal situation for sure, just not sure what the best move would be.

We walked the job prior to closing to get a bid and a handful more times after to ensure everyone is on the same page - exterior power wash, paint, landscaping, removing a massive redneck deck, all new windows, new countertops, sinks, appliances, all new bathrooms, there wasn't a room we weren't going to touch.So we ended up acquiring it for just over 117 with a reno bid of 45 and we excitedly ripped a 9500 down payment check to get this show going.The project got started and we were seeing progress.

I have been looking for a solution for laundry in my 4 unit and I found this Shine pay bluetooth hardware/phone app that will let tenants scan a qr code to pay for wash or dry cycles in regular residential machines.