Something about outdated cabling for the Terraces (Internet).

Instead of paying for cable just pay for Netflix with an app that's free called hola you can stream from anywhere in the world and get any show you want and it's $7 a month vs. your cable bill.

This electrician also brought up adding coax cable outlets so that when the tenants ask for cable/satellite installation they aren't ripping up walls.

Hey @Jacob Pereira Ideally, I would get basic cable internet service (in my area it costs me about $35/month) without an annual contract.

So now bring in the electrician to dig a trench and run new 220v cables from junction box to the pump EXCEPT by now the pool is disgusting because there's no pump clearing out the water... the city actually can charge a penalty for having a "dark" pool due to safety issues of a kid falling in and no being able to see the bottom...so, we had to drain the pool extra cost about $300 or so if I remember. 2)  So now after draining the pool, putting in the new pump with new wiring and re-filling the pool with thousands of gallons of water that isn't free (not too mention I live in CA with the drought and my conscience is screaming at me about the waste)...we find that the pool is constantly being re-filled by the "auto fill"...somewhere, somehow there's a leak and we're wasting even more water and money...so, I had to call in a leak detection specialist who thankfully found the leak at the filter and not in the actual pool itself...Another $1,500 in unexpected costs.So, long story short, fixing up the pool cost about the same as removing it, refilling with sod, getting a new fence but now we have a nice updated pool and it should help the value a little bit when we go to sell.

Can she be "bothered" to pay the utilities, phone bill, cable, etc?  

The cable and internet were on and there was a fresh package of lamb shanks in the fridge!

For stories that are covered worldwide (US presidential elections, the Olympics, etc), you will already sort of know what the story is, which can help you fill in the gaps.If you get any TV channels (satellite or cable) in your target language, watch them with the closed captions turned on.If you are very familiar with any religious writings (like the Bible, Torah, Koran, Bhagavad Gita, or anything else), look up a version of that in the target language. 

On the lid of my water heater is a cold water inlet pipe and what looks like a freeze plug to the right of that; clockwise, there is the main electrical cable connection; on the far left is another freeze plug; inboard from that is the hot water outlet pipe .

We want to be there gutting, sanding, and putting in sweat equity because that is so much more gratifying than what 30 minutes of cable can give us.