Your
Investor's Guide on How To SUCCEED in Section 8 Housing Rentals
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Chapter 6 Contractor Repair Lists Lists of items you want an outside contractor to repair. "Bringing in a skilled craftsman for a specific job will be quicker, and in the long run, it should be cheaper. Most importantly the job will get done correctly. Not only does it get done correctly, but in most cases, you get a guarantee. If a roofer puts on a rubber roof and you get a 5-year warranty, any time it leaks just call him back. If a plumber puts in a new vertical stack and it leaks, call him back. If your carpet installer installs new carpet and it starts to buckle, call him back. But the best part of using somebody who knows exactly what they’re doing is most of the time you won’t get any callbacks." "Any and all ceiling fans are eliminated and replaced with a $9.00 light fixture. It doesn’t matter if your ceiling fan is a Hampton Bay worth $150.00; replace it. The reason for this is simple. If you move a tenant into the property and it has a ceiling fan, when it breaks, what will they want? You got it, another ceiling fan..." "Another thing we feel is necessary to eliminate is 220 lines, especially when the outlet falls under a window. The reason for this is so that your tenant does not put an air conditioner in the window. Not that I don’t want my tenant to feel comfortable in the summer, but I would rather not have them install an air conditioner in the window. The reason for this is simple. Usually, the air conditioners the tenants hook up are old, gigantic, and weigh about 200 lbs. All three of these factors go against you. #1. The A/C is old: If it’s old, somehow, someway it will end up blowing fuses. What happens when a fuse blows? Your tenant calls. #2. The A/C is gigantic: It may not fit into the window. That does not mean your tenant won’t try to force it to fit. Usually the glass in the window ends up cracking or breaking. What happens when a window breaks? Your tenant calls. #3. The A/C weighs 200 lbs.: By some miracle, your tenant gets this behemoth size A/C into the window without breaking the glass. Now you have another problem. You’ve got 200 lbs. sitting on top of a vinyl window. Although the vinyl may be pretty strong, it’s a good bet that it will be cracked or destroyed when the tenant takes the A/C out of the window..." |