I got a quote from solar city to put solar on our personal residence. Our house is pretty large and our average electric bill is $275 a month.  If we got solar the total costs for the system would be $33,000.  But acc...

Gas is really expensive for this time of year and the dollar is getting cheaper. Will the average hit $5/gallon this summer? If so, what will it do to our economy?

Edit: Title should say GAS...not oil. Hopefully o...

Does anybody know if it is legal to make tenants pay the monthly solar panel lease fee and what the solar company is charging for the electricity generated? The lease that the property manager set up, that the tenants...

Fellow BP members who are commercial landlords & PM: Out of 100 tenants, how many of your tenants would pay the adjustable CAM at the end of the year? Any strategies to share? Thanks! 

Anyone have any suggestions on helping reduce our natural gas utility bill. We use gas for hot water heaters and heating our units in our 10 plex. We are considering adding more insulation and switching tenants over f...

As you may have heard, today Fed annouced QE3 of 40B per month (i.e. printing press) with no end in sight. Precious metals soared instantly along with the stock market. I wonder what it means to the real estate market...

Hi all - we have an ADU in our single family home and have been including the cost of utilities in the ADU rent. We recently started charging our tenants a $100 flat rate to help cover some of our soaring utility cost...

Whats your position? Replace things before they break (proactive) or don't fix what's not broken (reactive)? Also, when do you know if something is nearing end of life? What's your average life span for the following:...

I was curious about what everyone's thoughts were on Oil and Gold.

With Gold around $800/ounce and Oil around $100/barrel . . . is there any stopping these commodities?

How high do you think they will go and why?

I have a property that has a joint lease. They have lived here for 2 years and it's time for lease renewal (in April). It is two roommates (guy and girl) that are no longer getting along. She wants him to move and I'm...