I’ve seen more than a few tenants get a little too ambitious with the countertop drilling—one guy managed to chip the laminate and tried to patch it w...

Those aluminum tags are a lifesaver, aren’t they? I used to rely on colored electrical tape and a Sharpie—looked great for about three months, then ev...

Had a tenant call me at 2am once because their “new and improved” rubber ring had failed on a slightly uneven floor. Water everywhere, of course. I’ve...

I used to think the same, but after a seized gate valve cost me a flooded basement (and a 3am call to a plumber who charged double), I’m a bit more ca...

I get where you’re coming from— I tried that for a while at one of my rentals, but after a couple years, the roots got so aggressive that we ended up ...

Honestly, I’ve got mixed feelings about the laundry-to-landscape kits. I installed one in a rental a few years back, thinking it’d save headaches comp...

I get where you’re coming from with the physical backups, but I’ve actually found that keeping everything digital (with a little discipline) has made ...

Had a smart shutoff once—thought it’d be a game-changer. Turns out, when the Wi-Fi went down during a storm, it just sat there blinking at me while wa...

I've had similar experiences with pressure-assist toilets—installed one in a rental a few years back thinking it'd be the perfect solution, but tenant...

I've had decent luck with mosquito dunks too, but I've found they're not always a perfect solution. A few summers back, I had tenants complaining abou...

I've had mixed results with both, honestly. Plastic fittings held up fine in a rental I had for years, but in another place they cracked after just a ...

Had a similar issue a few years back at one of my older properties—constant slow drains, tenants complaining, the works. Did the camera thing myself t...