All Forum Posts by: Joe Shively

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The pellet stove does about 85% of our heating with the furnace kicking up the other 15%. Sometime I don't get around to filling the pellet stove(my wife doesn't like to mess with that stuff) so the furnace kicks on. If you kept on top of the pellet stove I would say that you could use it as your only source of heat. Always good to have a backup though. As far as price for the winter heating cost, this will be my first year with the pellet stove so I'll have to post something once the winter is over.

The pellet stove needs to be vented through a 3"-4" vent. Just like your dryer vent. No need for a chimney. As far as price per month goes I think it would depend on how much the pellets are in your area, the size of the home, and how high or low you have the stove set to. I would estimate that December we used around $75 worth of pellets. Our house is appx. 1200sqft

If you dispute a negative item on your credit report and it is verified, is it OK or advisable to immediately re dispute this item again and again in an effort to get them to slip up on there 30 day time limit? Also is there any one better reason to select as to why you are disputing the item?

How many bedrooms are in the house? The more people that will be in the house the more convenient it is to have more than one bathroom. As Jim and Adam said more baths will bring you more value to your property. Even if the second bathroom is only a half bath. Two little remodeled bathrooms better than one bigger remodeled bath!!

Anyone have any good suggestions for books on negotiation?

When I fill out the paperwork for my evictions at the local magistrate I use my company name which is an LLC as the owner of the property and my name as the contact for the company.

If something got put together I would be in! Made my donation to BP today!!

I live in PA and took my real estate licensing classes online and took the tests at the Real Estate Institute. I think it cost about $600. I hold my license with a local company and pay a small amount for office fee's. I my license basically for the MLS and to look at houses with lock boxes instead of contacting my agent and dragging them out.

I have tried to find the best/cheapest way to heat my home and have found that electric is not the way to go. I like to keep gas(paid by tenants) in my rentals and have installed a pellet stove as the main source of heat for my personal house. We still have a gas furnace as a secondary.

Hello, my name is Joe Shively. I joined this website/forum to further my learning of the real estate world and to make new connections to further my real estate goals. My main interests are in "flipping" properties as I own a small interior residential remodeling construction company. I would like to learn about financing and acquiring larger apartment complexes. I currently own 4 units and would like to grow this number dramatically. Please feel free to post any information or send PM as I would like to become a frequent member of this board. Thanks and good luck to all!!!