If you are, in fact, cold or hot (objective standard)/exposed to the elements due to the damaged wall, you may have a remedy under breach of CQE or breach of IWH (above), but unless you can prove actual damages (again) or interference, you probably won't be compensated or allowed to withhold rent.

So they pay their gas bills that covers heat, cooking, and hot water.

Yes, I'm a believer that my area is red hot and am looking at developing some dirt.

They're in hot water with Section 8.

The bigger the unit (e.g. 2 bath require more than the smallest one), the higher the required flow.That makes a hot water trickle impossible.

You don't want to violate the conditions of your grandmother's trust and get somebody in some hot water.

I realize you asked about licensing for yourself as a broker, but if you don't know the requirements for your lenders as well, you will get them in hot water.

I assume at that price, it was a single hot water source and you had to run a new HW pipe to each unit...And why are you putting 5 water heaters in a 4-plex??

I started in REI while I had a fulltime job also and probably encountered a lot of the same hurdles you're facing now (can't take live calls, phone tag with leads once off work, hot leads turned cold, etc).Automate one component at a time.

Houston rental market is so hot I haven't had any problem finding quality tenants.