All Forum Posts by: Daniel H.

Nothing yet, still working on it.

I am in the do not pay off camp. Better to use the money and keep growing your cash flow.

I wrote an article on the topic.

http://themadrealworld.com/should-i-pay-off-my-mortgage/

Thank you. I have not had any problems with jamming and have been using them for over 2 years. I use the Tylo model or Juno(?). The Juno is better quality but costs a little more.

Lol about the coffee can of keys, that is what I am talking about.

Master Key system is good but can be expensive to set up and may require the help of a locksmith. The Smartkey locks I can do everything myself.

Just wrote an article on my website on how to reduce the number of keys we keep as landlords and how to get them organized. Some of the key chains I see landlords with are absurd!

Check out the article

http://themadrealworld.com/landlords-how-to-organize-your-keys/

I recently refinished pine floors in some of my units and it looks great. The tenants all love it. $1.25/sq ft. I did have one unit where the wood was not in good condition with lots of nails, etc. and it did not look too good. I recently had a unit with wood like that and put laminate over it. Found some for $0.39/sq ft at lumber liquidators. Easy to put in and looks awesome. Lets see how it holds up.

It appears to cover everything but my personal belongings. I had my insurance guy check and he agreed. I can let you take a look if you want.

Thank you for the replies. I will give that company a call and see what they offer.

As far as I can tell, it is legal in MA. Here is a link I found. http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/185/ht01pdf/ht01236.pdf

Anyone have experience with using ratio utility billing in MA? Seems legal. Here is a link I found: http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/185/ht01pdf/ht01236.pdf

Can you use on of the approved ratios and do the billing yourself or do you need to have another company handle the billing?

Looking at a 7 unit property in which the apartments are not individually metered for gas or electric. There are 4 gas meters and 3 electric meters and the landlord pays all utilities. This is a major recurring expense so I am wondering about the cost to install individual meters for all the apartments so tenants can pay their own utilities.

Can anyone offer me a rough estimate on range of prices I would be looking at?