For example, if you have a rental property in a place where temperatures routinely go below freezing in the winter, does your lease include a requirement that the tenant needs to keep the furnace / heat on and at a minimum temperature?

I contacted another Bigger Pockets member who has been helpful and asked about hard money lenders who might be available and am awaiting a call to discuss their service.Here are a few facts around the propertyIt was listed last July and an offer was made in fall and ultimately rejected at which point the sellers upped the selling priceThere are 2 lien holders and a large debt for water which is over 10KThe water is presently off and there are some problems in the plumbing (leaks probably due to freezing)I reasoned that even though my offer was likely lower than that previously rejected, It is a cash offer and things have probably declined since the last offer (leaking pipes) also there is room for a counter.If anyone has advise for me about short sales or any good information about doing this deal in Portland, Or.

The account switches to "closed" as-is and freezes in place without having a chance to exit "new account" status.The same lender will not let you do close them within 180 days because it starts to look like the institution is "churning" you to collect fees and whatnot, which is a big no no.

I understand that TIF effectively freezes the property tax at the pre-project value, but I don't understand how that could be used to fund a down payment on a project.  

Get it under agreement now and freeze out all of the other buyers.  

(recently had an issue with a boiler going out causing pipes freezing and also a split unit going out on our network room - causing the servers to over heat). 

They can literally freeze your money at any point they choose.

What are you expecting to see during these winter months? If you're an investor, how are you going to make sure your portfolio stays warm?!

This is the electric outlet that freezes during the winter time. 

For our diesel we are adding anti Gel, so the fuel doesn't freeze up.Salt- setting out salt or road deicer next to each building to make it easy to spread when we need to.Gate reflectors- applied anti fog on the gate reflectors.