[Rick Lee]

While a long distance landlord in AZ, the owner of neighboring condo to my rental in VA called to say there was a slight drip in his ceiling, likely coming from my unit. I immediately called a plumber and he found the leak was coming from my shower drain, fixed it. No way I could have known about it before being told by the neighbor. And I addressed it immediately. I could not find a contractor to go out there to patch up the drywall for such a small job and I live 2000 miles away. Neighbor starts the lawsuit threats, so I hand it off to USAA. They said it's on him because I was not negligent. To be a good neighbor, I still got it repaired and way overpaid for it. But I'd have been within the law to tell him to pound sand.