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Greg B. Frozen Pipes ugh!
9 February 2011 | 6 replies

Welcome to the frozen tundra known as DFW area. Home of Superbowl 45.

We don't get many winters like this around here. Last month I went around to all my rentals and checked on all pipes, insulation, and exterior s...

Mike Day Financing everything with HELOCs: good idea?
31 December 2020 | 1 reply

Hi all. I'm currently considering refinancing all my investments into HELOCs. In my area I can get the refis done much more cheaply and at better rates than conventional loans. I also like the flexibility that HELOCs ...

Joe Splitrock Winter is Coming Are Your Tenants Ready?
20 October 2021 | 22 replies

For all those landlords operating properties in cold climates, please share your thoughts on winter readiness processes. We send tenants a letter or text alerting them to some common winter issues:1. Disconnect garden...

Julie Washburn Arbitrage tenant wanting reimbursement for lost rent
1 February 2024 | 13 replies

Hi! We have a tenant who is doing a 1 year lease to arbitrage our property (single family home) out as a short term rental. The temperatures have been unusually low and pipes in the home froze for 5 days so far, makin...

Shannon Tidwell-Porth Email Template for tenants preparing for colder temps
29 November 2018 | 4 replies

Hey Guys,Does anyone have an email template that they can share, to send out to tenants going over preparing their home for colder temps. Specifically dripping faucets, wrapping outside spickets, checking smoke detect...

Bobby Paquette Locks for out of state Landlords
26 June 2023 | 11 replies

For those who manage their rentals that are out of state. Which locks do you use? Also, which property management software do you use? Seems RentRedi, Turbotenant are two popular ones

Brian Karlow Frozen Boiler Zone pipe - Antifreeze solvent?
8 January 2018 | 7 replies

With this recent cold snap, we've experienced a frozen pipe in one of the zones in our boiler that serves a 4 unit building we just closed on in August. There is a zone for each apartment. We have been heating the apa...

Steven Chen Is it normal to make tenant pay for any and all pipe repairs in Las Vegas Nevada?
20 February 2023 | 12 replies

Basically the unit is in a 50 floor high rise. I don't want to be on the hook for $40k if the construction crew that does building repairs or neighbor damages the pipes in my unit.

Ronald D Kidd Baseboard heater choices
4 January 2023 | 5 replies

My SFH basement is cold.  I am doing a live in rehab. There are 2 heat pump heater vents but they do not keep basement warm enough. Should I buy 2 plug-in baseboard heaters or add baseboard heaters wired to circuit br...

Jacob Thweatt Is anyone turned off by "cold" areas?
17 June 2020 | 1 reply

Was looking into investing out of state, no problem there. Looking into a northern area, which obviously deals with pretty brutal winters (cold, snow.) Do these conditions make or break deals for anyone? Aren't these ...