The total expense to fix the property was $1850 but I still wanted to give him something.

The total expense to fix the property was $1850 but I still wanted to give him something.

A handyman/husband is a HUGE, HUGE help.My husband does the books including bookkeeping and accounting, bill paying and obtaining bank financing and he also occaisionally trouble shoots maintenance problems and suggests fixes if our handyman needs a hand and he uses his mad carpentry skills for renovating appartments. 

With old houses, things break fairly regularly so if you don't have a good local team to fix things, you will either frequently overpay for repairs or get bare minimum fixes that don't last very long. 

Maybe its time to schedule the HVAC filter change..... or say you found an issue with X (leaking window, crack in tub, peeling paint, bad flooring....whatever....) in the unit your are fixing and want to check if that's an issue is going on in the other unit too...lots of easy ways to have a look inside.....which you should be doing anyway on a regular basis unless you like suprises

Based on my calculations, I would lose around $2172 the first year because of the time needed to build up the money for repairs and then make those fixes.

Bryan Devitt Angie’s list had a 2002 business model with deceptive billing practices.

Another company stopped by today suggested that they could fix this problem by mudjacking the floor with polyurethane - first time we heard of this.

Pick a fixed amount of time, ie: 3 months and set specific goals. 

It’s somewhat rare for this to happen, but can be very expensive to fix.