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Hubby and I are very much do it yourself kind of people, but in some cases we are quite happy to pay a pro for his services.Last Wednesday night I got a text from a tenant, but I was busy teaching a class at church, s...
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I bought a fourplex a month ago. Two weeks in, I had a complaint of raw sewage in the garage of one of the units. They did snake the pipe and baby wipes came out. The problem solved for the time.
A few days late...
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Have a question for all you landlords out there. I have in my lease a clause which states that the tenant is responsible for keeping the sinks and toilets working. Barring a leak or a gut replacement which happens, I ...
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Hi BP Community... I have a nasty reoccurring issue at one of my multifamily complexes. The lift station keeps backing up due to the grinder pump seizing up or breaking completely. I replaced one last year and another...
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I have an 8 unit apartment building. In the 3 months that I've owed it, I have had the sewer line cleaned out twice. It's full of baby wipes and feminine products. Is there anything I could or should do to stop this...
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Sewage ejector pump went out this time. Before it was the float getting stuck. He told me that there were baby wipes and a lot of grease in the pump. In total it has cost me a little over $1300 to have this problem...
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My tenants called today informing me they are breaking their lease and moving out. They moved in around February of this year. I had the rental professional sprayed before move in. A 3 or so weeks after they told m...
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Recently rented to a family of 5 with 2 adult men unemployed. A little nervous about that but the numbers worked, the women are carrying the financial burden.When I went there Saturday to do the condition inventory th...
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So the government mandated lower flow toilets in 1994. It took until about 2005 before manufacturers figured out how to do this without making toilets that clog all the time. I have lived in a townhouse built in 1998...
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My friend has in her leases the tenant pays first $150 of any repairs. Anyone else doing that ? I’d like to , but not sure how well it’d go over .