Vince Gethings
Is having radiator heat in a rental a risk?
I've been looking at some older SFR's for potential rentals, however a few of them have gas boiler heating, so there are hot water radiators throught the house. I am wondering if having the hot radiators in the house ...
Jeremy Salerno
How can I best optimize the utilities in my two-family (MA, USA)
I just purchased a weird two-family house utilities-wise, and would GREATLY appreciate some advice. The house is c. 1910, about 1500 sqft total, both units app. the same size. Note: I had MassSave do an assessment, th...
Benjamin Haberman
Please help! Rented pays on time but is becoming a thorn
Hello BP,
One of my renters is becoming more and more of a total thorn. I made a huge mistake giving them my cell phone number too. Texts every night about little small issues. For instance, she texted me tonight as...
Thomas O'Donnell
Renting to Section 8 for the First Time
Hello all,I have decided to list one of my units as section 8 due to the neighborhood and lack of leads from non section 8 tenants. Does anyone have any advice about renting to section 8? I know people have very mixed...
Mark Forest
Houses on slab
I have been wary of houses on a slab becuse I worry about having to drill up the floor in case there is a plumbing issue (and there always seems to be a plumbing issue). What are your experiences with houses on a sla...
Ethan Painter
Rehab Opportunity - Is This A Deal?
I am looking at HUD home for sale in my area to potentially purchase and flip. It is listed at $43,000. The owner/occupant bidding period ends tomorrow night and I would be able to bid as an investor then. I took a lo...
Brad Clarizio
Average Cost to Submeter
Hey all- I am looking at buying a small apartment complex with a partner, however the hanging point for both of us is that the landlord currently pays electric, water and gas for 75% of the units and water and gas for...
Tom Olszewski
Whole House Iron Filter
Hi all, for my personal house, we are looking for a whole house iron filter. Clearly, we are on well water and are having a bit of an issue that we'd like to correct prior to the remodel of bathrooms. We currently h...
Harry Brooklyn
Estimating utilities expenses
Hi,
Does anyone have placeholder amounts (numbers or percents of something...?) they use for total utilities, or broken down by water, electricity, heat if unknown for multifamilies? I’m looking around RI, MA, NH to...
Dawn Young
Has anyone re-surfaced/ re-glazed a bathtub suround?
After moving a nice doublewide manufactured home (1999) from seattle (no hard water) to tri-cities desert (lotsa hard water) after one year of tenants that may not have cleaned the tub surround, the tub went from an a...