@Tamara Reusse A prescriptive easement would normally imply known usage over time without a dispute.  

If the heater doesn't detect water flow, it stops heating, so you can't really cycle the pump on and off like a regular pool.Yes it is worth the trouble, expense and maintenance.  

Had some extreme storms with a lot of rain come through this past weekend and had my tenant call me to let me know there was water in the basement.

Obviously I will try to teach them how to manage money/assets but you can only lead a horse to water.  

My question is how serious of an expense is a water leak in the basement, the house overlooks the water as well so I feel like it would be a great investment opportunity.

Purchase price: $120,000 I was the Exclusive Buyers Agent in the transaction.Units were separately metered for water/sewer which was a great plus discovered in DD.The downstairs 2/1 unit was delivered vacant but this was the lowest price/ SF transaction around Olympia in the last 20 months which has great upside on rents and value with it's close proximity to USC and downtown.

Many foundation problems have water as a root cause - be that infiltration in a crawl space, drainage around the site, cracked sewer line or water line.

Purchase price: $280,000 Cash invested: $750,000 Sale price: $1,500,000 Bought a double lot, right on the water, to build two $750,000 homes What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Do not turn your water on until you have a tenant.

@Andrew Taxes are roughly $7500 a year, Water/sewer is $1200 a year and snow/lawn maintenance is $800 a year.