All Forum Posts by: David C.

Hey Kyle, can you provide a link to the article I'm having trouble finding it. I'm considering doing the same to my duplex in Az. My situation is I can get the panels for $124 a month zero down which should bring the bill to net zero. The average combined electric for the two units (which share one meter) is $204, so I could provide my tenants a 15% discount and have a net $50 a month from it. I also want to do it to reduce my overall carbon foot print. I'm interested to hear what downsides I'm missing. 

Thanks all for the info that was very informative. 

@Kyle J. By "putting you in a worse position" you mean finding out that there is something that needs to be addressed? Currently I'm planning on testing it and fixing what needs to be fixed.

I purchased a house with an add on apartment 2 years ago. I knew that the add on was done in 1997 but the combined building was listed as having been built in 1979. I asked my real estate agent whether this was right or some kind of average between the original and the add on and she said it was right and we didn't have to do anything about lead paint inspections because it was after 1978. For the past two years I've been living in the apartment and renovating while having the main house rented out to a family with one young child. Yesterday I had the property appraised as part of a refinance and found out that the main house was built in 1959. That house was remodeled including paint in 2017 before I bought it but I don't have any proof as to whether the lead paint was ever properly dealt with. What should I do? 

I recently bought a duplex which consists of a 3 bedroom brick house built in the late 60s which has been newly remodeled and an attached guest house built in 1997. I'm living in the guest house and trying to rent out the 3 bedroom house. It's in a great neighborhood and is newly remodeled. We listed the property around November 1st and have shown it about 12 times. Several of those who we showed it to said they loved the property and would apply so I sent them the link to the cozy application but nobody has applied. Attached is the listing am I asking too much? I paid for a rental analysis by cozy.co and it suggested $1060 and we're asking $1100. The utilities are not separately metered so we were planning on splitting up the utility bill. Is that a big enough problem that people wouldn't want to live there? What else could I be doing wrong or is it just a bad time of year? 

https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/Tucson-AZ-85711/house,mobile,townhouse_type/2092161636_zpid/95049_rid/32.254111,-110.834027,32.171907,-110.940972_rect/12_zm/?view=public

I've checked local laws on both counts. The property is classified as a duplex, house and guest house is just a better physical description. 

As I mentioned in my original post, for this drain to be legal a biodegradable detergent must be used. I have no idea how that is enforced legally, and I kind of doubt it really is enforced. But I will be incorporating the water into some of the landscaping and from a moral standpoint don't want to allow unnecessary pollution on my property. 

What would be a good way to put it in the lease? Would affixing a fine to it be a good way to do it?

My wife and I are closing on a house with a guest home we will be using as a house hack and preparing to list one unit for rental. The unit we will be renting out only has a gray water drain in the laundry room. For this to be legal (and non-lethal to our plants) a biodegradable laundry soap must be used.

My question is how do we enforce this in our rental agreement? Has anyone done this before?