Just got a call from a tenant parent and the January electric heat bill was $1100.  In past years the highest it went was $800.   The heat is all electric baseboard with one room with under floor heating on slab and o...

I'm in the process of rehabbing a three unit building In Jersey City, NJ.  I'm redoing the heating system, so that each unit pays it's own heating bill.  I was not planning on providing air conditioning.  I was planni...

Self Storage has always been touted as recession-proof but data is showing people are spending -50% less on it since Coronavirus quarantining. What do the experts in this space think? Are folks deciding to cancel memb...

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With the mentor-ship I'm receiving from Will, I feel so close to breaking into rehabbing. I think everything is almost in place and I'm am soon to be shopping around for my first deal so I'm just curiou...

One of my properties has a brick patio with treated wood guard rails.  The red brick color and the treated wood don't make a really nice color combination, and I'm thinking about painting the wood.  Now, I have certai...

I am needing to replace the roof on a rental and I'm contemplating going with metal. The expense for me is about the same as conventional, but I'm concerned about longevity. This is in Arkansas and we have storms, whi...

I am a new investor with the goal of purchasing a duplex to houseHack in 2019. After hearing the latest episode (#311), it was advised to leverage as little as possible with the possibility of an incoming recession. M...

Looking for advice. I have a 4 unit in Lower Michigan which has 3 of the 4 units on the same hvac system. I am looking to split the utilities to tenant paid & exploring either a mini-split or baseboard system. The...

Debating roofing material to use in Michigan. It's for a rental property so even though I prefer the look of dimensional shingles, I'm OK with 3 tab if it saves me money. The other difference I am seeing between th...