Cameron Harms
Best routine maintenance recommendations between tenants??
Curious what some of you do routinely between tenants? I recently had a tenant move out and went to the property and completed a few items but want to build a list of things to do each time. Here’s what I did, please ...
Kenn Purvis
slow drain
My down stairs drain's are slow and gurgle up stairs is fine anyone have an idea what is wrong?
Dan Graney
Water Jetting to clean drains
I recently had clogged drains in my first investment house, a duplex. I had the drains snakes out and that fix only lasted a week and a half and it is clogged again. Have heard that water jetting is a much more thorou...
Jantsen Locke
Best way to clean mold from cinder block basement walls
I just bought a duplex to house hack. The small room below the stoop on the front of the house has mold covering the cinder blocks. I currently have it soaked with white vinegar and plans to wire brush it later, but I...
Matthew Paul
What a crappy day doing maintenance
I like to be proactive on some maintenance issues . So today was sewer snaking day . A full 10 hours of running the sewer snake down 7 different sewer lines . Some may ask why ? But I have found that if I do this onc...
Judd Campbell
Tenant keeps putting cooking grease down the drain
I have a 4-unit building built in the late 70's. All the units have hispanic families in them. over the last year I have had to have a plumber unclog the kitchen sink for 3 of the families. One guy texted me just l...
Yesenia Tomas
There's No Good Way to Tell Someone They Smell!
Good Day BiggerPockets goers,I am at a loss in my situation. There is no right way to tell someone they smell and I really need one.One of the tenants in my building smells so much that it's making the entire building...
David Dachtera
Ejector Sump, only serves furnace
Got an off-the-wall question...Just had a plumber here to replace the switch on my ejector sump pump. Got to see inside the sump and it seems kinda - what we used to call - groty.Now, it's not an effluent sump, it onl...
Jim Mootrey
Mold: How much to discount?
I am in the due diligence period on a short sale. The inspector found mold in multiple places in the finished basement. The house has been empty since July and the utilities were turned off. I think that is the ...
Mike Palmer
Any plumbing pros that can answer crazy plumbing question?
I have a unit that has experienced way too many plumbing issues. Now it seems I have a toilet that has some issues. For one it doesn't seem to flush very well. The tenants have not complained, but I have noticed th...