Test and repeat on different areas. fill hole with caulk or epoxy filler.This should be last recourse diy prayer.If you have no choice but to tear out the shower wall, that will be another topic.If you have high water pressure (above 80psi), try reducing it to 60-70psi.

Some people even put different properties in their own separate LLCs.

I'm wondering if there are other strategies we should be looking at other than multi-family for this market.We have a lot of experience with multi-family and we're good at it, but it's a different market here.

You do not need a LLC for every property unless they are large multifamily assets in different locationsFor example worked with a company that had 5 buildings and 1300 units under one LLC.

Of course, adding real estate sales activity as a broker may make all the difference here.

If I'm searching in one market, I might use one broker who specializes in that market and if I search in another market, I might use a different broker.

Different areas offer varying qualities, but most hold investment potential.

However I did some research myself on crime rates, and from 3 different sites, they all suggest that crime is rather high in that area:https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/tn/memphis/crimehttps://crimegrade.org/safest-places-in-memphis-tn/https://www.memphisdailynews.com/CrimeReport.aspxChecking city-data.com, the average salary for that median household income is around 39k.Also, the property value is listed at 145k, which seems like it is on the lower end.

Different strokes for different folks.

After these bad experiences I went out on a hunt a interviewed 4 different CPA firms and went with the current ones we have now because they answered all the right questions and worked with hundred of investor clients.