All Forum Posts by: Rob K.

It sounds like the drain is full of lint. Happens all the time. I would snake the line with one of these:

Drain snake

If that doesn't work, you can find a plumber to snake it for about $75. Have the tenant use lint traps on the washer discharge in the future.

Call an insurance broker. Each state is different. I have a PPO that was costing $350 per month for a family of four and was grandfathered in until the end of 2015. They recently sent me a letter saying that they were extending it another eleven months at $385 per month. It's not the best plan. Office visits are $35 and there is a deductible of $5,000 and $10,000 per family. We rarely use it as we eat healthy and exercise. It's just there for emergencies.

Maternity coverage is very expensive. When my youngest was born in '08, I had to pay $7,000 out of pocket and that was for a natural birth with no drugs. If my wife had an epideral or was induced, it would have been more. Natural births are WAY healthier for mom and baby if she can take the pain. Have your wife nurse the babies and they will be way better off through their entire lives.

If you know you're going to have a baby, try and get on an HMO beforehand. That's what we did with our first child. There was an open enrollment window and the coverage in '04 was about $300 per month just for my wife, but it covered most of the delivery. I think new plans are requiring maternity care, which is ridiculous if you're done having kids.

Home Depot rents a machine that can scrape that up. I haven't used it, but it's made for that.

You could also buy a heat gun at Harbor Freight for under $15. Once he heats up the tiles, they will lift right up with a putty knife or wallpaper scraper.

 I do exactly the same thing and my insurance company has no problem with it.

With all of the $2 tunnel car washes in our area, is it hard for a coin operated wash to compete? When I was a teen, I used to wash my car at a coin wash and it cost about $2.50 to do it myself - 20+ years ago. Now, I can get my SUV washed for $3 and not even get out of the car.

I usually pay by the job and then 1099 them at the end of the year. I've never withheld taxes.

Harbor Freight sells a large live trap for around $20. I bought one and caught a woodchuck and three possums. It's easy to set up and release.

One of my friends has major anxiety and told me his trick when he wakes up during the night is to listen to NPR on his phone. You can get the app. Sometimes if I wake up in the middle of the night, I will do that and go right to sleep. It's so boring that it puts you right out.

Another good thing for stress is yoga. It sounds gay, but it's super relaxing and you will feel great. Plus there's lots of women in yoga pants, which is a huge bonus.

 Imagine those people in kindergarten trying to write their names.........

It's in the "Red Book" of Michigan real estate laws. You're also not allowed to sell more than five properties per year without using either a licensed broker, or being a broker yourself.