We house-hack using a short-term rental in our garden-level downstairs suite for the last two years.

Otherwise it is consodered gardening.

Hello,I live in Palm Beach Gardens Florida and had a toilet overflow.

People tend to look for mentors the same way they look for a gardener.

Yep, even your handyman or gardener can represent you

I have a 12-unit building in the Shaw neighborhood, right across from the Botanical Gardens.  

I also saw that it requires adding sawdust or peat moss once a week.

@Derek Pheiffer I went with Garden State Home Loans, my realtor is with keller Williams PM me for her info!!

The 4-plexes have to be townhouse style, while the 8-plexes could be townhouse style or garden style.

Single family homes vs garden apartments vs high rise apartments will all have different ratios and within those classes, will all have different results in different states.It is not possible to get the number you are looking for as an accurate across the board of all investment classes for cap ex or repairs/maintenance.That said, here is a blurb copied form the NAA (National Apartment Association) which puts out data on operating and cap ex expenses for apartments of garden style and high rise: “Capital expenditures, which can include anything from concrete and masonry work to amenity upgrades to extensive rehabs of some units or a clubhouse, has steadily increased since 2010 when measured against GPR.