Shut water valve off, flush toilet, take a baster or a sponge and remove the excess water, unscrew hose and valve, replace with new valve, screw the hose back on, turn water valve back on, make adjustment to flapper if necessary, test and your done.You should be able to do in 15 minutes.

This is a good "wake up call" for those that are looking to get into the low income rentals business.These are very maintenance intensive rentals and you don't get the benefit of the cash flow without having to deal with these types of people.Chris

Would have to run by the LAywer to make sure it passes the sniff test

It's time to get back to business in a more traditional (and time tested way).

Just prior to the streets test.

According the the ATTS (American Temperamental Test Society), Pit Bulls have a passing rate of 85.3% compared to the average of 77% for all dog breeds.

They can be harder to rent and have a higher vacancy rate and maintenance cost.They also tend to be very management intensive so you need to do it yourself or be willing to sort through the haystack to find the needle.Quality management is absolutely essential to be successful with these types of properties.You either need to know your investment area like the back of your hand or find someone else who does, stay out of war zones and cherry pick the others street by street and block by block.Don't purchase to many to fast.Stick your toe in first and check the waters before you jump in with both feet.

I used to use an 800# for all my ads - then I got tired of paying for it :)I did a test for myself and found it really doesn't matter - the call volume didn't go down at all when I swithced to a regular number.When I started doing homes out of the local area / different states I thought about it again but never got around to it - and I get plenty of calls.I think cell phones have really changed that world - long distance is really something only us old timers think about :)

Like North Korea not submitting to the U.N. about ceasing nuclear testing...thats right NUCLEAR testing WHILE stating that they will "wipe America of the map" How about a little preemptive war for that, theres no "possibility" of WMD's, they agree whole heartedly that they have them...Castro is still in power...the Mexican border is a massacre on a regular basis with drug lords shuttling drugs into America...yup that one directly effects us too...Again, I cant thank the military enough for being able to do what they do, my 21 year old brother is a Marine in the middle east,...but what is the government of 4236 families thanking them for?

It can be tested for, but not really fixed.