I own a rental property on the South Side in Chicago in Cook County. With the major rainstorm we just had last week the basement for my tenant's unit (which is lived in) ended up under 3 feet of water. The water went ...

In one of our fourplexes, we a tenant (or tenants) who are flushing wipes, paper towels, and other unknown objects down the toilet which is causing plumbing issues. Our property manager has called the plumber out to t...

We had our offer excepted yesterday on our first rental. What was one thing you wish someone had told you on your first rental?

Hi all,I need to have gutters replaced, question is to use either aluminum or vinyl?  I have a handyman who is charging $9.50 material (al) and labor which I'm guessing is closer to the higher end?  Also if anyone can...

Hello, I own an investment 2 family property in the Bronx and it currently has a broken sewer line 31 feet away from the front of the house. I determined that by getting an independent company to perform a camera insp...

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I am looking for some advice/input here as I am at a loss. I purchased a home recently and roughly two weeks after moving in my basement sewer drain had overflowed into my basement. We had a plumber come out and ...

I have a 4 plex that has needed the main first floor drain professionally augered/cleaned out twice in the last 12 months.  It backs up on the first floor out of the drain and through the bottom of the 1st floor toile...

The fireplace backs up; smoke enters the townhome (rented out) & has since caused smoke stains in the corner ceilings.

I met the chimney contractor inspected this morning. No blockage. Says it's a draft issue. Su...

A friend recently had a sewer line back up at his duplex on a Saturday night which resulted in about 4" of standing sewage in the unfinished basement. After the blockage was cleared, the basement drained out but was l...

While working with a plumber at my rental to find the blockage we determined the problem was a frozen sewage pipe. While taking the toilet apart to run a snake I found a plastic back that has drug paraphernalia in it....