Due to the great wealth of information and helpful people on BP, I was able to get my first home under contract last weekend. Here are some basic details about the property:
$230,000 triplex (one unit per floor)Built...

Hi,I'm separating the gas on a small 2 family building. I will use the existing boiler & hot water heater for the first floor apartment. I'm trying to find the most economical cost for heating & providing hot ...

Hello BiggerPockets,After about half a year of learning and searching for my first investment property, I've finally found a property which I plan to “house-hack”. We are in contract now and the inspection period ends...

Hey everybody! I've got a duplex built in 1888, and have a couple of cold rooms, upon inspecting the basement, there is no insulation under the floor of these rooms. The floor joists are true dimensional 2x8. I've bee...

I have a recent purchase that has a garage with a second floor that is unfinished(OSB floor and studs) with no heat or air. I would like put flooring down and finish the 2nd floor as finances allow. What flooring w...

Hi everyone. Not sure if this is the best forum to post in but ill start here. my property is a very old , circa 1900, 2 family in south eatern ct. The foundation is typical field stone basement. It's a concrete slab ...

Hello all,In your experience when selling an older home rehab, do you find it a positive or negative to have a  radiators as the heating source?Follow up: If you are installing  whole-home AC anyway, do you leave the ...

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I am looking at a 3 family property where the landlord pays the heat. Each of the 3 apartments have their own thermostats. I wanted to ask if anyone knows of a way to monitor or put a limit the heat usage. Is it ...

I am purchasing a house that was built in the early 1900's as a SFH.  It has one boiler and radiators throughout.  I want to meter the electricity separately, and, of course, the heat.I had thought of shutting off the...

Hello BP,Im closing on a small 1240 sqft duplex soon. The home is a town house style Brick one level 2 family. Directly across the street there is the Farmington River and visable from the living rooms. The home is co...