In property inspections, concealed and inaccessible components are frequently overlooked, despite representing some of the highest financial and operational risks. Underground building services—particularly sanitary sewer laterals and domestic water supply lines—are often excluded from standard inspections, yet failures in these systems can result in significant repair costs and site disruption. A best practice during due diligence is to retain a licensed plumber to perform

What Your Shower Faucets Say About Your Property Management When walking through a property, you can learn a lot about how well it’s been maintained—and one of the most overlooked indicators is the plumbing. After years in the plumbing trade, one lesson stands out above the rest: never cheap out on shower faucets , especially in multifamily properties. If I see multiple brands and models of shower valves in the same building, it usually tells me the owner was chasing deals