I had a few small properties with repair issues, and one year I was down there every other week spending half days patching holes in the walls after plumbing repairs because it was not cost efficient to hire someone to patch small holes. 

I do allow pets in some of my rentals, but I have to say, they DO add to my cost, yet I do not charge a pet fee.Here is a list of things I have personally experienced a tenant's dog do.Dug out sprinkler heads pulled them off the lines.Yanked out sprinkler controller wires.Chewed off corners of interior doors.Scratches on exterior doors that looked like the XMEN Wolverine poster.Broke the lower portions of wood blinds.Bent or go THROUGH window screens.Yanked kitchen cabinet door hinges completely off.Removed 80% of paint off cabinet kick plates.Chewed off the bottom moulding of a refrigerator.Exterior door weather seal shredded to pieces.Dog poop all over the back yard when tenants agreed to clean up after each time.This is a new one this week - and I am still unsure how this could happen, can a dog's teeth be strong enough to put a dent almost a hole on the aluminum threshold of an exterior door?

I think if you can't clear the clog with chemicals then yes, you could be cutting into the walls. to keep the cost down figure out where that clog is and then you're just cutting out a portion of pipe and repairing what I imagine is no bigger than a 3'x3' hole in drywall.

Multiple holes in floors and ceilings are a big turn off.

A bullet hole is easily recognisable and the glass will have a beveled edge on the inside of the window.

I own and manage a duplex built in 1900, old house, tons of holes.

Evict.There's lots of ways to help people in need (including in real estate) without throwing money down a hole.

Live there for a year, do 10 in 10 years, now you're up to 5 mil in properties, cmon.But anyways I'm looking for people to poke holes in my idea and make sure Ive considered all the different angles. 

Just thought of sharing this story to show you that real estate can bring monetary wealth into your life.As I come from the world of sports, we were always taught to respect the game because no one was ever bigger than the game.

Hello fellow investors,My partners and I just started an LLC for home re-development aka house flipping.Each of us will have equal shares, so monetary input.We just landed our first deal through the MLS for 170k.The question is: I have a rental apartment for 5 years now and its appreciate went up to 100k.