It was already fixed in the inside, and the problem was all the gutters flowed to a common point near the foundation and plainly visible if someone looked as the soil was washed away near the gutter drain.

All in all you can wash out the fluff and stuff and get good advice from many here.

That said, I am a buy and hold investor so I am not looking for 40 deals a week to feed a wholesaling machine.

The condo investor asked him how business was.

Ultimately, someone is going to get burned because of their actions.In addition, I've seen other instances of painting over mold (or washing the walls), covering up structural damage, etc.

During the summer months the tenants will run the water outside for the kids with sprinklers and also wash their cars and their buddies cars running up the bill high.So you need to look at water usage and billing all year round.You need to research also if the water company is allowed to lien the property for unpaid water bills and under what circumstances.

If you told the fry girl at McDonalds you had a new machine that would save electricity consumed heating the oil in her fryer... would you expect her to call Corporate McDonalds and pass along the good news?

I don't see an upside, it sounds like gambling to me, and I hate flushing $$$ into slot machines.

Washing the grease,etc is very easy.

The practice will be aesthetically pleasing inside and out- not the normal strip mall space with some operatories and an X-Ray machine stuck in there.