Damn that takes some balls.This is a great example however of how you can't give 1 tenant an inch because then everyone expects a mile.

Hi Japheth,Congratulations on getting started, that's half the battle.Pointers for your first call?

Turned out whoever the plumber was who plumbed the tub, he was nice enough to cut the overflow pipe so that it inserts only 1/8" of an inch into the top of the tee.

Half of it is the customer not understanding what is going on.

As far as comps there are hardly any sales within half of mile radius.

Kind of going at it half cocked.

Something seems very off in this situation: Todd has been living in this apartment all by himself for a long time (since his rent is only half of market rate) and suddenly he's willing to get a roommate.Frank is willing to get into a roommate situation, which only happens to save money or because people become a couple.Now that Todd moved out, Frank would be willing to pay all of Todd's rent rate, without roommate?

Just joined after reading BP for a while.My name is David and I just returned to the good ole USA after living in Africa, Europe and lastly the Far East over the last six an a half years.

Two of my are within a half mile of this property and not as big.

There is an ongoing thread about day care at a rental:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/109391-advice-needed-residential-tenant-w-a-daycare-insurance-headache-helpI didn't want to hijack it but I thought a more generalized discussion would be helpful to me and a few others.I also made it a point to tell applicants I do not wish to conduct business at my propertyHowever there are some gray areas, and I basically made my rules looking at the nuisance factors...not so much liabilities, and now looking at that thread, I may have to rethink this.You see, I would not have allowed the day care simply because a half dozen moms picking up and dropping off at the same time would cause a parking jam and inconvenience.On the other hand, I have told tenants who occasionally allow "friends" to drop off a kid for them to babysit its ok.