To give Bob some credit, he has made a few payments to me this year but not without a lot of pressure.  

Walking in the front door is the best way to gauge the professionalism of the firm before you hand over the keys to some of your biggest investments.    

However, water intrusion cracks look different from settlement cracks and result from hydrostatic pressure that can cause water to come inside the basement.

Your carrying costs on the conventional mortgage will be way less than HML without the pressure of the balloon payment. 

I imagine you can do the same otherwise you'll have to run huge 3 gauge or so wires to it (don't quote me not an electrician).

Moving forward, when you view a property, I would create a specific scope of work (SOW) to provide to your contractor to gauge the overall estimate.

., so to put up with that crap, they feel 200 a month is proper pay whereas a property hoarder (investor) might want to accept 100 a month because the property is in good condition, or their financing can only permit them so much per door, or their market is competitive/expensive.Then theres the cash on cash return which gauges one's ROI.

We are trying to see if anyone would be interested in state-specific landlord forms (i.e. lease agreement, estoppel agreement, rental application, pet addendums, etc.).Can you please fill out this  30 second survey so we can gauge interest to see if providing amazing forms would be helpful to everyone!

Should I seek legal help for pressuring the original contractor into covering the repeat repair or just suck it up?

I really pressure them into giving me an answer, as most people don't feel comfortable being mean.One couple said my backyard is too barren and unappealing.