maintenance and repairs

Water bills creeping up in a rental unit, but you don’t know why?

Water bills creeping up in a rental unit, but you don’t know why?

Image by Editor B via Flickr Are your water bills high in one of your rental units, but you aren’t sure why? If you’ve already ruled out leaky faucets, pipes and outside hoses, tenant’s washing their cars (and their friends cars and filling inflatable kiddie pools, etc.), or a bum water meter, then maybe...

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“Real life” Example of Why Even DIY Landlords Need A Good Professional Repair Network

In a recent post, I asked the question, “Do you do your own repairs?” I don’t want to rehash that post, but just give you a personal example of why it’s important to have a network, even if YOU do most of your own repairs. Last Saturday, I came down with some kind of...

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Landlords: Do you do your own repairs?

One of the important decisions that every small landlord needs to make is whether they will do their own repairs or whether they will contract it out to a handyman or other trade professionals. There a number of reasons that this decision becomes important. Here are some things to consider: First, your time has...

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