I hope you're good at snaking drains, fixing electrical, fixing water leaks, etc...at 4am and on Holidays (don't make family plans). 

Question for my lender friends, how do I get a HUD waiver that permits the septic tank to be "only" 76 feet from another water source?  

We have $400+ water bills whereas they are usually $160-ish.

It seems a little high to me, but again I'm not familiar with NW Indiana.Could you have the tenant pay water/sewer/trash or is that not typical there?

Plumbing and Water Damage Issues.

@Douglas Spence I would rather drink all night and play call of duty while blaming somebody else for my poor financial situation!

Prior to this deal, Tom had also given his help while my wife and I renovated our fourplex, and he even went so far as to give us a water heater he had lying around!

I do have someone that works in our office to help make sure our single water bill is split into the various properties it belongs to and stuff like that, but until I had about 500 or so units, I did all of it myself.I don't want to sound like a d**k, but when I see someone start with "I'm looking to build a team" that's a giant red flag and I can be pretty sure that person if very unlikely to buy.Focus on these three things only at this point:1) How do I get money for my down payment2) Who's going to lend me my ~75% once I have my down payment3) How to find the properties I want to buyThe rest is noise and really just done to make people think they're moving forward towards their goal when they're not

I did a little research and I suspect that the issue is not the type of metal but an incorrect valve application. ie, someone may have used a shutoff intended for water and not a gas rated one.They're typically marked in some way.

@Philip Cook If you are thinking of STVR ask yourself in Stevens Point who would want to vacation in one in Stevens Point in a multi family area when they could rent a cabin on water?