I am looking at a split level single family house foreclosure.  Upon inspection the inspector notes that all Hydronic baseboard heaters have busted pipes.  It appears that the water was off before the pipes busted but...

Hi folks,I am very frustrated, I have a duplex that I rented to couple with kids and they are ruining my property. So, they had told me that sprinkler is not working and paid $600 to fix it. Sprinkler guy told me he s...

Hey everyone,Does anyone have any rough estimates for a chimney cleaning and lining? My chimney supports two furnaces and two water heaters in the basement of a 2 story building. I just had someone take a look at my c...

Hello BP,We recently purchased a Triplex (1BR, 2BR, 3BR) in Vermont. The house has 3 showers, and 6 sinks. The house was definitely owned by people taking shortcuts, and one major issue is a 35gal propane water heater...

Going to rent out our current house this spring.  It has a history of getting water in the basement but after some new landscaping and gutters this summer we got very little water even with heavy rains.  It is an unfi...

Do you guys normally get well and septic inspection on houses you buy? This house I am putting under contract was built in 1974, and the previous owner said it was inspected in 2015 and was found to be in "very good c...

I have a rental unit that is overdue for a new furnace. The old one runs on oil and heats the house and the hot water.

It seems like high oil prices are here to stay. I could replace it with a natural gas one, but ...

Looking for feedback on this potential deal on a fourplex in my area.

Purchase price: $160,000

Gross rents: $2600 per month.

Principal + Interest: -$648. (20% down. 30 year fixed loan at 4.5%)

Expenses
T...

Hi All,I have been lurking in BP for quite sometime and made my decision to buy my first property. This a 4 unit building constructed in 1916 with roof replaced 3 years back. 2 units has 3 bedroom /1 bath and other 2 ...

I purchased a property in Indy that has a boiler heating system. My contractor estimated $850 for "filling and testing" it. I am still trying to get more information from him to figure out what exactly he means with t...