All Forum Posts by: Angela Smith

We currently have tenants that paid for a year up front.  She has a trust fund that was established after a car accident many years ago.  Back ground check showed that he had a drunk driving offense 15 years ago, otherwise clear.

She’s a little high maintenance, but for the most part I can calm her down over the phone.  

Honestly, at this point in history, I’m very glad we took them on.  I don’t have wonder if they will be paying or not.

the lease ends in August.  

We are having a problem with slow drains.  Had a camera put through the plumbing and discovered roots in the clay sewer pipe.  The plumber quoted $900 to jet it out, or $3500 to dig up and replace the pipe.

I see there are chemical root treatment options for this that is much cheaper.  My question is, does is work?  Does it cause damage to clay pipes? 

I own one rental.  So my experience is minimal.  But, with this house, I have found that mold was not as scary as it may sound.   The seller we purchased from paid for mold remediation in the attic.  We paid for the basement.  It has to be done, and it wasn’t as big a deal as we thought.  Our portion was about $2200.  Not sure what the seller paid for the attic.  

We are currently dealing with an unforeseen problem.  We have a clogged main drain, our clean out is in the basement.  But no plumbing company will clear the drain without an outside clean out.  So, we are paying $3100 today to have an outside clean out put in and the drain snaked.

The plumbing is a problem because we were completely blind sided by it.  Didn’t know when we bought the place that it needed this outside clean out.  Probably would have considered that in our purchase offer.

Yes, am local.  Apparently there are 2 problems with the one in the basement.

1.  It is horizontal, so the contents will spill out onto the basement floor.

2.  It is a 3 inch clean out that connects to a 6 inch pipe.  Plumber says a clog that blocks a 6 inch pipe can not evacuate through a 3 inch clean out.

Anyway, we had to take action on it.  Went ahead and had the outside clean out dug today and the line being snaked.  $3100 down the drain so to speak. 

I swear if these tenants are flushing wipes or tampons (or some such item) I will be livid!!!!

Having a problem with the drain that is exterior to the sewer clean out.  It’s clogged.

ARS came out.  He said he would snake it this morning.  But, now he says his boss won’t let him do it because we don’t have an exterior drain clean out.  Our drain clean out is in the basement. 

The cost of snaking it is $350.  The cost of putting in a new outside clean out is $3K-ish. 

Thoughts on this?  The drain guy said it would not be a big deal to snake it, but his boss won’t let him do it. 

Tenants have been in a hotel all weekend on our dime.

University Heights is just inside 465 on the south side. There is a mixture of student rentals and SFH. Shopping is close, but it's not high end kind of shopping. Although the location is convenient to both greenwood and downtown. I don't think it's A for sure. There is a large immigrant community in this area. Both Chin and Hispanic. I imagine it would be easy find tenants here.

what are your prospects for future employment? With you PhD, what will your income be? as it is, I'm not sure you can get deeper in debt without stable employment and a plan for the future. Unless you bartending gig provides a large income and regular hours. For now, you best bet may be patience. Work your tail off and lay down some reserves. When you get that professional job, you will be set with a great downpayment.

The tenant should 1. get the dog out 2. get the boyfriend out if he's not on the lease. Everything else is not your problem. I would not respond to the neighbor. Consider changing your email address, or blocking her emails. you have no contract with the neighbor.

In Indianapolis, look to the doughnut townships for B properties. specifically Perry, Franklin, Lawrence and Pike.

sounds like the first company was counting on padding the bill to gain $ from the insurance company. That's dishonest if you ask me. if the second contractor's bid is accurate then that is evidence that the first is dishonest at best and fraudulent at worst. as far as your contract, if they stopped responding, is that at breach of the contract? If so, you are responsible for the work that they already completed, but not more. I think..?