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3 November 2024 | 7 replies
What is the cost of an HVAC system vs. a heat pump vs. forced hot water vs. baseboard and what is the cost to the tenant?
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4 November 2024 | 1 reply
For example, electrical is original from 1960, there is no central AC - heating it through baseboard heaters
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1 November 2024 | 0 replies
Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $150,000
Cash invested: $90,000
Full remodeled
What made you interested in investing in this type of deal...
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30 October 2024 | 8 replies
I'm Polynne Soares from Miami, Florida, passionate about real estate investing for a while now.
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5 November 2024 | 39 replies
Hurricanes, tornados, fires, droughts, severe heat.
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5 November 2024 | 22 replies
And apparently doesn't etch or stain as easily and is heat resistant.
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1 November 2024 | 6 replies
This home currently doesn’t have any heat and my concern is bursting pipes.
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29 October 2024 | 4 replies
Attention: all brick 8 Fam in Oxford, OH...just off campus of Miami University.
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3 November 2024 | 8 replies
.- Also found terrible policies that owners had, that they didn't understand.4) Utilities: We check that all utilities are properly set up and cofirm or enroll in any Auto-Transfer of Service programs to avoid no heat during winter leading to frozen pipes.- Dealing with a very upset new owner client right now that previous PMC didn't handle the water account properly.
2 November 2024 | 8 replies
Landlord’s only option to collect funds for damages is to take tenants to court.More and more tenants are only having a portion of their rent covered by S8, so landlords need to still screen S8 applicants for portion they must pay.Landlord cannot charge S8 tenants a portion of shared utilities – which can lead to the infamous tales of tenant retaliation against landlord by blasting heat on high with open windows during winter.S8 caseworker response times can be very slow, as they are usually overworked & underpaid.Again, overall it’s a pretty good deal for a landlord that does some decent screening.Exposing Section 8 Housing | Tenants From hell 243 - YouTubeLiberals Blame this Eviction on Landlord Despite the Before & After Footage | Tenants From Hell 241 - YouTubeMy first Baltimore buy & hold investment - SOLD (Lessons learned) (biggerpockets.com)Besides MANY self-labeled "gurus" exaggerating their success, many of them just supply readily available info.If you're too busy to find the info and are willing to pay for it, no problem as you accept their time vs money solution.REGARDING S8 GURU ISSUES SPECIFICALLYMost of them don't share all the facts about how Section 8 actually works.They claim you can get HIGHER rent from S8 tenants vs private-paying tenants.Why would the government allow our tax dollars to be spent this way?