Isaak Brown
Condensation on tenant walls. What to do?!
Hi all,Thanks as always for any help and advice. Tenants are experiencing heavy condensation. Walls are damp to touch, and some clothes are now moldy. Apparently this has occurred for a couple months since winter bega...
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Hot Water Heater
Here's another question. I have a house that had been "winterized" (before I owned it) because it was a foreclosure and would be vacant for a long time. All the utilities are now on, and the only problem is that the h...
Jessica Ronsen
Landlord requiring space heater - nothing in lease agreement
We are having sub zero windchills and have been opening our cabinets and washing machine and keeping our heat above average (70°ish vs. our normal 60°) to help the pipes from freezing. Unfortunately, this isn’t workin...
Nathan Murray
First contract is a HUD home with radiators, winterizing question
I got my offer accepted today on a HUD home that was winterized a contractor. We will be seeing record breaking temperatures around the Quad Cities this week and I want to know if HUD normally winterizes boiler/radiat...
Andriy Boychuk
Underground water lines
Hi BP Community. We need to replace few water lines in our mobile home park. What is the better material to do it? PEX or PVC or anything else?
Patrick Britton
getting separate metering for utilities
Hi,I've got some clients looking at buying multi-family properties but a few of them don't have separate meters for power, in particular. here in the NW, it can be quite the expense and i am wondering how feasible it...
Arthur Banks
Insulating water lines - pass cost on to tenant?
I currently owner occupy a 2 unit. With winter being here, I plan to insulate the water lines. The question is do I go ahead and insulate the tenants lines on "my" dime, or ask would they want their lines done and pa...
Stephen Neto
Frozen Pipes - Need advice
I have a 3 family and keep getting calls from tenants about their bathroom not getting water when its really cold out. All the bath pipes are in the outside walls and freeze. i am the new landlord. Previous one did a...
Andy Pat
Flooding in apartment- holding us liable for pipe burst
My roommate and I live in a leased apartment. Due to a water pipe burst couple weeks ago, the entire apartment got flooded with damage to all my personal property and several other units in the building. The lease off...
Max T.
Can window glass crack from cold?
Can a window crack due to very cold exterior temperature? Here is the message from my tenant.
"Hey max- this big crack appeared overnight in one of the kitchen windows, possibile because of the extreme cold from ou...