On investigation, I  found a mass of ice the width of the kitchen wall, and about 18 inches thick at the second floor level where the water had fed it for quite some time.

It is definitely a “scam” that ice makers cost 40-50% of a new fridge and 80-90% of the service calls are ice makers. 

I am into return on investment, forgoing some positive cash flow for the appreciation piece that in many areas is icing on the cake, but in Austin, the way the economy is set up here, has shown 40 years of consistent appreciation and I don't see that changing. 

Taking into account a global economic shock, a coinciding drop in energy prices, many small businesses that won't recover, unemployment, the possibility for a run on US Dollars which could cause the USD to spike, plus municipalities and retirement funds who were already on financial thin ice – there's a great deal of risk and the combined headwinds are enormous. 

Use the remaining 10% to treat you (and your loved one) to whatever it can afford, a dinner, an ice cream, a coffee.

Not only do you not have to replace the one you just bought , but you did not have to replace the first one. she said she was okay without having any ice water . giving her another fridge for that reason was a bit extravagant .

After spending the next two weeks watching every real estate video I could find, I was determined to purchase my first rental property.By this time, I had been eating free meals at the school dining hall, saving my ROTC stipends, and working three part-time jobs (campus taxi driver at night, finance internship two days per week, and ice hockey referee on weekend mornings).

Either way, the chances of people being mad now or later are high...Passive losses are the icing on the cake, nothing more and nothing less.

A GREAT ice breaker is "What type of investing do you do?"

Terrain  Night  IMC  ICE  Pick ONE  so with these assets you can have all the comibnations of  PM  not local  unstable tenant base etc and max debt..