Managing Your Rental Property: Walking the Walk
5 min readMar 14, 2022
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The Most Common Maintenance and Repairs you can expect from your Rental Property:
- Fridge/Stove/Dishwasher not working
- Minor repairs may be fixed by the landlord themselves
- Larger repairs will require a qualified appliance repair person
- Between $50 and $100 per hour and can be handled in an hour
- Water Leak in Ceiling or Under Windows
- Can destroy wood, flooring, drywall, or any other surface on your property
- Moisture can cause mold to grow
- Could require a plumber or a roofing contractor
- Be sure to verify whether your property was water supply lines
- Water Leaf Under Sink
- Can be because of
- the supply line -> the pipe that brings water to the sink
- Or the drain -> from sink to sewer
- Drainpipe not fitting together properly
- Can fix yourself or hire a plumber
- Water Drip From Faucets
- This can cost you $100s per year in hydro
- The faucet may need to be replaced; don’t cheap out on the plastic one because it’ll come back at you in the long-term anyways
- A plumber or fixed by you
- No Hot Water
- Problem with the hot water heater
- If replaced -> about $500–1000 cost
- Can also be the heating element within the heater -> hire a plumber or replace yourself by buying separately
- Bugs and pest control
- Educate your tenants on proper hygiene practices to ensure that bugs never become a problem
- Pest control specialist
- Garbage Disposals
- It’s very common for garbage disposals to break
- Because tenants put down things that they shouldn’t be putting down
- So consider removing the garbage disposal from your properties entirely to remove the hassle
- Might just be stuck and requires an Allen wrench to fix it