Mama’s don’t let your babies grow up to be… plumbers.

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

So I made the handyman trip to my rental unit last evening after the tenant called and told me that the washer was spewing water all over the place.

A few things crossed my mind when she described what was happening:

The outflow tubing came out of the drain fitting and when the spin cycle started the water ended up on the floor instead of in the drain.
The outflow tubing disconnected itself from the pump.
The drain backed up and when the washer tried to pump all that water down the drain, it back flowed out the pipe.
The water pump case cracked and is leaking from inside the washer.

Any one of …


Scoping Out Rental Property #2

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

I’ve been casually looking for another rental property next to the one I already own. For a long time, the people in the area have been very proud of their houses, asking nearly 5 times what they’re actually worth. Needless to say, those houses are still on the market, many for as long as 15 months and counting.
But there is one property just a block or two away from my first one that has been on the market for 4 months, and its price has been dropping like a rock. The reason? The bank wants out!
I remember …