The main sewer line in a SFR backed up and caused some standing water around the drain in the basement laundry room. No damage, but it's Memorial Day and there'll be a holiday charge for the drain company to open the...

So I had a tenant leave the garage door open at my rental house for a whole day on the coldest day of the year and the pipe that goes to outdoor faucet burst. The pipe was not insulated. Do you think I should pay ...

Text from tenant says that the whole house smells like sewage. Apparently there are no drains backing up. She also mentioned that it just started after several hours of heavy rain. Anyone with experience on this or ha...

My tenants placed a piece of furniture directly over the only heating vent in a bedroom next to the outside wall of building, and kept door to room closed since it was a storage room for them. During single digit col...

I recently had to do some research (read: cutting into the wall) on my clothes washer drain.  I found that there is no p-trap, either in the wall or below grade in the crawl space.  The washer plumbing drains straight...

I bought this duplex 5/17 and put in new appliances, floor and paint.  I am considering putting in a dishwasher to increase the appeal of the units accompanied with a higher rent price. My first thought is to just add...

Hi, I just bought my second unit, a probate rehab & rent. It took me 90 days to fix it up and place a new tenant. Ive noticed that the basement wall seeps water during very heavy rain due to hydrostatic pressure. ...

What things do you fellow landlords do to make your units more resistant to damage and tenant abuse without compromising the quality of the unit? I'll be renting in low income areas and want to provide nice units ...

Personal problem here. I bought this house and moved in in March, 2011. It has a nice 13000 gallon pool, dimensions 15x30x5. It was built in June, 1994.

I've about had it with the pool. I promised myself I'd give it...

I'm looking at a house that has a slightly bowed wall due to water pressing in on it from the hillside behind it. Banks won't touch the house because of this issue. If I dig a French drain and fix the wall myself, wha...