My wife and I are closing on a house with a guest home we will be using as a house hack and preparing to list one unit for rental. The unit we will be renting out only has a gray water drain in the laundry room. For t...

Every one keeps talking of global warming; EV industry keeps talking of green energy when electricity is generated by n large using fossil fuels, n no of startups keep claiming solutions to reducing carbon footprints ...

I was watching that Bill Gates documentary and he was talking about the toilet of the future and how he is funding competitions for university students to design it. It seems like the modern toilet is wasteful of wate...

I have a renter that flushed towelettes/wipes down the toilet. Ended up causing a major clog that resulted in two plumbers being there all day and a $1200 bill. The act wasn't intentional, but should I still approach...

We had a plugged septic drain in a brand new duplex (less than a year old), the plug ended up being a bunch of, what appears to be white shop towels, rags or baby wipes?  The plug was in super far so simply flushing t...

Got an emergency call last week that one of the units toilet wouldn't flush and was backing up into the shower. My plumber went and discovered tush wipes sitting ON the toilet tank while trying to test the toilet. He ...

Anybody have issues with septic capacity that is zoned for less BR or total persons than what you rent it out for? Any overflowing issues? We are under contract for a STR 3 BR that has sleeping capacity of 12+ people ...

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Does anyone put in their leases that the tenant is responsible for clogged drain lines? If the lines are clear when they move in I feel it would save a lot of headaches with them calling me. I would have...

Hello. I own and manage a number 3 bedroom vacation rentals, hosting 6 guests on average.  I don't drink coffee so I struggle to know exactly what guests would prefer.  I have read that the choice of flavors of K cups...

I am looking at a SFH in a new sub division that is a little bit remote, but continues to grow. As a result, all properties there have septic systems. The house i am interested in was build in 2007. I have no experien...