swimming pool

Well I'm looking at a few IP house in Cairns and several have pools. I've never owned a pool before but 5mins of research tells me they can be a lot of work and money and therefore may just be a PITA.:eek: This is baring in mind the IP's I'm looking at are at the lower-mid range of the money...

One of my friends recently bought his first IP. The house has a swimming pool and is currently tenanted. He plans to convert it into a student accommodation post the lease expiry in Dec 09. The assumption is that the students will not care about the swimming pool. What can they with the...