Ryan Redenius
Advice for insulating old brick building?
I recently purchased a 3 unit building in Chicago. I'm occupying the basement unit, and in my unit along an exterior facing wall are all of my pipes controlling water for the 3 units as well as the main. These pipes...
Kimberly T.
What do you do with a vacant unit in an area that might freeze?
Being from SoCal, I have had no personal experience with freezing pipes, but I'm aware that it happens. We currently own rentals in CA (OC) and AZ (Phoenix metro), so we don't have to worry about it at our rentals...
Ray Jhala
Vacant Property without HVAC - How to keep pipes from freezing
Hey BP!
I've got a property that I am rehabbing and our timeline unfortunately got pushed back into the upcoming winter months. The property is currently vacant and does not have an HVAC system installed. We have a ...
Bobby Balow
Preventing Exterior Water Spigot/Hydrant from Freezing in rental?
I have 3 rentals that are finishing the final rehab before being rented. They are in northern IN where it can get down to 0 F in the coldest winter nights (and possibly even lower). They all have exterior spigots/hydr...
Michael Stole
Is my house safe at 27 temperature?
The lowest temperature in indianapolis is 27 these days, and I forgot to shut off the water in my house. I won't be back until this Friday. I am wondering whether my house is in danger now. Thanks.
Inderpal Chadha
Frozen faucets
This is not Alaska but a frozen faucet in Maple Valley, Wa. All the faucets are frozen, the heat is off as of now ( no one lives at the property). The heat will be hopefully up in a day. The temperatures were in th...
Federico L.
How would you save this $120?
This is about what I consider a rookie mistake. I have a nice rental which is about 35-40 min from my home. I was working few Sundays ago and my tenant called stating that the A/C was not cooling. The unit has about 1...
Jessica Ronsen
Landlord requiring space heater - nothing in lease agreement
We are having sub zero windchills and have been opening our cabinets and washing machine and keeping our heat above average (70°ish vs. our normal 60°) to help the pipes from freezing. Unfortunately, this isn’t workin...
Anne Donohue
Ice as slip/fall risk in eastern WA
Hi,I have a primary residence in a cold climate that I want to eventually turn into a rental property. Both the front doorstep and back porch are very slippery when ice forms. The front steps have no grip/texture and ...
Dennis Nikolaev
what to do? HELOC frozen...
I just got a HELOC on my investment portfolio, so I can buy my next building with "cash".
I dumped all my operating funds in my HELOC to minimize the interest.
Now, I get a wrenching gut feeling that this HELOC can ...