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Hot take: That "turnkey" rental property in Cleveland was a total nightmare

Bought a duplex near Shaker Square 8 months ago from a company that promised everything was handled. First month, sewer line backed up. Then the tenant they found stopped paying rent 2 weeks in. I'm out almost $12k in unexpected repairs and lost rent. Anyone else get burned by these turnkey outfits?

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jamiekim1mo ago

and honestly it just feels like a lot of companies are copying that same playbook now. It's not just houses either, I see it with cars, electronics, even some subscription services where they promise everything is perfect and then the second you commit you find out they hid all the real problems. Feels like people are getting trained to expect that the "easy button" is always a trap, but we keep falling for it because who doesn't want things to be simple for once. Your story really shows that no amount of marketing can fix a bad foundation, literally and figuratively. Makes you wonder what other "solved" problems in our lives are actually just waiting to blow up.

morgan_butler1mo ago

Did you look into who actually owned the building before you bought it? I fell for something similar myself two years ago with a property in Indianapolis. The company promised a fully renovated building with good tenants, but I found out later the previous owner had hid major roof damage with a cheap patch job. After my first heavy rain, I had water pouring into the unit and the tenant they placed gave notice within three months. I ended up spending close to $15,000 on repairs and lost another $8,000 in vacancy costs. These turnkey places seem to specialize in making the problems someone else's problem.

adam_nguyen71mo ago

That "easy button is always a trap" part really hit home for me. It's the same thing with those meal kit services where everything looks perfect on the ad but half the ingredients are bad by day two.