You can install a lint trap box in the washer/dryer room to be cleaned out easily so it doesn't back up.We used to leave maintenance up to tenants but found out they just screw it up or do not do it at all.

I absolutely love SF, born and raised in the Sunset district and still live here to this day.

Heck I think you started this before @Brandon Turner was born!

@Samson Kay - I was born in Flint, MI (abt an hr from Detroit) and have family in Detroit.

James Ormond, welcome to BP... while I am hard money lender based in Charlotte and lending in Charlotte and Raleigh, I was born and raised in your neck of the woods - little Washington (or as we like to call it, the Original Washington).

Born and raised in Southern California, but also lived abroad (London) for some time.

Nobody was born with this knowledge.

Rich dad and many courses like it are traps to removing cash from your account to theirs, be careful and do not fall for the trap.Oh, and welcome to BP Nation, home of the real world education from those actually doing it for a living!

Is this common and are there any traps I need to be aware of?

I don't think 'greed' is really the only reason why people are motivated to succeed financially, most of us I would imagine succeed in other areas in our lives than just financial, and because of that I think it is more of a desire to accomplish or to live our dream or to create the world outside that we see of ourselves on the inside.Some of us were born to create and achieve and to grow wealth.