Erwin Manlapaz
Solar on a house rental
Noob landlord in need of help....
Thinking about putting installing solar on a house I'm getting ready to rent in the San Diego area and was wondering, does it lower the vacancy time in-between tenants? Does it make ...
Melinda Ching
Raising rents - renewing leases in Boston (West Newton)
My partner and I bought our first multifamily a year ago. We're house hacking and it's been great working on the property this last year. We are in the midst of deciding how much to raise the rent and we are looking f...
William Tanner Culver
Acquiring Direct Mailer Lists
I have been reading J Scott's The Book On Flipping Houses and I love it! A question I have is, where can you find mailer lists? For instance, how can you find a list of homeowners who are behind on their mortgage, or ...
David Evans
STRATEGIES TO INCREASE CASHFLOW WHEN INVESTING IN MULTIFAMILY
While demand to buy apartment buildings has increased in spite of being in a COVID environment, inventory has not, which means prices have not fallen as many investors may have hoped. Despite this, there are still str...
Bill E.
Reducing costs - utilities, cable, internet
I just purchased a 12 unit bldg which has three corporate units. They pay between double and nearly three times market rent which is great - but LL pays for all utilities, furniture, etc.
I'm trying to brainstorm id...
Sean O'Brien
$4,300 water bill... Any help would be appreicated
Hey everyone, I've had properties for about 5 years now and have never had this happen to me before. We were charged $4,300 for ONE MONTH of water bills when historically the bill was about $100. There were no leaks, ...
Alex Babayev
Separate Metering for Multi Family Properties
Hello,I am looking looking at purchasing a 12 unit property made up of 2 buildings 6 units per building. Currently the units are not separately metered for utilities. Does anyone have any idea rough estimate how much ...
Rick L.
How to verify renter's have registered utility service?
I'm in the process of leasing one of my units for the first time. How do you go about verifying the new and old tenatns have registeered and paid the utilities? I'm assuming all this is verigied before handing over ...
Account Closed
Tax implications for Water Bill
My property manager charges the tenants money that goes towards the water bill. This money is disbursed to me each month with the income from the property. How do I account for this extra money? Is it considered incom...
Cydney Smith
Water leak issue
On the 2nd of January, Our tenant called and said there was a water leak in front grass area of yard that she thought was an irrigation system leak. We instructed her on how to turn off system and requested se let us ...