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Maintenance costs are for real!

John Warren
  • Real Estate Broker
  • 1658 N. Milwaukee Ave Ste B PMP 18969 Chicago, IL 60647
Posted Sep 2 2015, 19:54

So this last week one of my tenant's called from the building my wife and I just closed on three months ago. The kitchen sink wasn't draining, so I headed over like a good landlord. I started taking the p trap off, and then the galvanized pipe broke in the wall... awesome...

One call to a contact from the local REIA to get a handy man/plumber, and $290 later the sink is back in operation.

Lesson learned! Operating costs happen, and you can't fix everything yourself!

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