Sam Valme
Reducing Noise Between Units (Air Ducts)
I have a single family home that is being rented out as two units. The tenants have mentioned that they can clearly hear each other through the vents. Any suggestions on things I can do to reduce the noise between pre...
Aaron Frances
Noise coming through floors from 2nd floor apt "Sound Insulation"
Thought i'd start this on a new thread in a few different forums, don't think enough people saw it when I first posted. My first tenants moved into the 2nd floor apt above me. I made every attempt to insulate them fro...
Francisco Milan
How Do You Keep Your Utilities Down ?
How do you guys keep your utilities cost down ? Do you just write in the lease agreement tenant to keep AC unit at a certain temperature ? Do you use solar panels ? Smart electronics like NEST etc? I am trying to find...
Jimmy Nguyen
Bealeton, VA - New Construction with in-law suite
Hi everyone,I am building a 2800 sq. ft., 4 br/3.5 ba home with a 1600 sq. ft. unfinished basement on my 13 acre farm in Bealeton, VA. Although this is not a spec house or custom build for a client, I am using this o...
Account Closed
Crawl Space Moisture/Condensation
I'm working on a rehab for rental and pulled up the flooring (vinyl floor and carpet) and noted there was a ton of moisture (wet) in the existing wood floor. The house when I bought had been vacant with utilities shu...
Bret Weigel
Attic Insulation on Rental - Install or not?
Hi all, I had some tenants move in last month to a 3/2 SFR (I just closed on the property a month prior) and I really like them a lot. Good people. Anyways, the first day in, we realized the hot water heater needed re...
Kevin Keith Beck
Can your properties compete in the netzero housing market?
Tick-tock! Are your California investments ready for the new 2020 net-zero Building Code requirements ahead?It’s only one year away. Come January 1st, 2020 California's Building Code will MANDATE that ALL newly constr...
Brook W.
Using Energy Efficiency as a Strategy
Hi Folks. I am interested in hearing from anyone who has successfully insulated and installed energy-saving or high-efficiency products. I am interested in hearing if you've frontloaded the cost and really benefitt...
Dan Johnson
2 layers of drywall on ceiling
Recently purchased a 4 unit quadplex with 2 units downstairs and 2 units upstairs, and currently renovating one of my downstairs units. Upon ripping out the ceiling drywall we noticed that the ceiling had 2 layers of ...
Claudio Garcia Zuniga
How to go about turning a garage into a room
Best practices and steps to turn a garage into a room. Thanks!