Brad Fletcher
Buying a property without air conditioning?
I'm looking at purchasing a town home to use as a rental. My price range is 90-115K. Some of the homes in this range do not include air conditioning. Would you buy a house to use as a rental that does not have cent...
Marie C.
i AM A CURRENT RENTER WITH BIG PROBLEMS
I HAVE BEEN RENTING A 3 BEDROOM HOUSE IN PA. FOR 3 YEARS. SIGNING THE LEASE, LANDLORD PAYS FOR WATER, SEWAGE, GARBAGE PICKUP, AND HEAT, HARD COAL WITH OIL BACKUP. I PAY ELECTRICITY, RENT IS $900.00 A MONTH. AFTER M...
Leonida Miraglia
Best way for a landlord to manage utility bills in multi occupancy household
Hi everybody,
I know the topic is trite and got innumerable discussions over time, but I still find little to address this specific scenario.
I am about to rent out a house for the first time, 4 separate single room...
Terence Purcell
Shared hot water heaters
I'm looking for more efficient solutions for shared hot water heaters in a multi-family property. I currently have 3 x 50 gallon tank heaters shared among 6 units - and I pay for water and electricity for the hot wate...
Frank Gucciardo
Question on Asking Seller for Utility Bills
Hi All,I'm currently looking at a 5 family (with potential for a 6th on the top floor) and two commercial storefronts (1 restaurant and 1 clothing store) in my town. I'll come back with the numbers later. What I'm l...
Ivan Reyes
Ductless HVAC systems cost.
I'm looking at a house that's a good candidate for the ductless hvac systmes I've been seeing. Ducts are now all busted and crawl space is SMALL.
Has anyone used these and can anyone give info on costs? The house I'...
Hannah Costello
Switching from Oil to Natural Gas or Electric?
Hello! I recently purchased a duplex in Reading PA. The top unit is electric baseboards, but the bottom unit is oil - hot water heat. I do not want to put the high costs of oil on the tenant and would like to convert ...
Christopher Schmidt
Separating Water Meter - Rochester
I have two duplexes in Rochester NY each with only a single meter for water. Combined it's about 225/3 months I have to take in the costs for, I was wondering if anyone has been successful (or if its possible) in ...
Carlos Ptriawan
replacing HVAC with AC window/wall unit in Birmingham,AL
Hi, my HVAC in Birmingham AL got stolen. Is it doable to replace the HVAC system with just windows/wall AC unit ? The quote I receive for 2.5ton heat pump system is around ~5k. Pretty expensive. Not sure what's the al...
Jeff T.
New windows for rental? Worth it for more rent?
My tenant would like me to put in new windows. The windows are currently louvered windows (6 inch wide), basically the leakiest possible windows, which was great before air conditioning, but not great now.
Anyhow, te...