Depends on your area, but in my neck of the woods the landlord is responsible for all repairs..PERIOD!

@Paula Matli had some really interesting ideas for inexpensive wood flooring that is easy to maintain and repair/replace.

The house was buit in the 50's and they really went with a 50's style flowers crazy carpet wood everywhere etc.

Just needed tires/brakes and routine maintenance (knock on wood).Dealership didn't participate in Costco's program, but I did get a cash rebate card from them for booking a cruise through them.  

It includes a modern deck, stone entertainment wall, a wood wrapped column, an open glass shower, wood ceiling hallway, and soon...a modern white high gloss kitchen. 

@Roy N.

The cash flow margins are pretty tight in my neck of the woods considering the 50% rule.

There's just never a dull moment in this neck of the woods and I only seeing it getting better.But I'm very happy to know what's going on down south as well.

so i currently help out with a friends rehab. the house has had some problems that we have fixed including paint work inside and outside, knocking down a wood garage in the back to create a new lot, plumbing leaks, electrical work, baseboards for heating.I have been very hands on, doing painting myself, finding multipe people to quote each job needed, knocking down the garage myself with a sledge hammer and also cutting trees myself with a chainsaw.i have noticed that some things are 1000x cheaper for me to do myself. for example i had a quote on how much it would cost to take some small trees down, the contractor wanted 100$ a tree, the total would of been 5k plus, so i went and bought a chainsaw and did it all for under 200.another example, I wanted some base boards replacing on one of the bottom floors, one plumber quoted $6,500 another quoted $1,600. now its easy for me to save money this way as this is only one building, so for you guys that have 50+ units, what measures are you taking to make sure that you're not being had by these contractors quoting crazy high prices?

I'll give that a shot Blair Knowles , I actually spend a decent amount of time in your neck of the woods with family in Shelburne and my sister going to UVM.