Unless you are doing large commercial deals, where up-front fees are common, you should never pay these.

It all seems like common sense until the end of the project and sometimes it isn't.

It is very common and even more common in higher end showers.

@Branden Kline Find out if it is common for tenants to pay water/sewer in your area.

My agent is telling me these are minor issues and very common in Austin.

@Michele B.This is all too common, it's one of the ways shifty landlords try to minimize the cost of turning rental properties between tenants.In the middle of moving, with all the attendant expenses, very few tenants have the time management skills and/or available $$$  to get the property they're moving out of really clean or pay for professional cleaning.

How common is it for a property to have multiple liens against it?

What are the things that most commonly slow people down in the process?

It's not as common with pipe that is sitting empty most of the time - like a straight up & down stack - as it is with pipe with tendency to have standing water, but either way the inside of the pipe loses its smoothness and has a tendency to "grab" more things.

Hi @Diana K. it's unfortunately a very common problem for out-of-state investors in Detroit.