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What a ride the past few months have been! It took us exactly 87 days from wet concrete to C.O. I quit my nice cushy engineering job a few months ago and decided to start building new solar homes. It wasn't an easy de...
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my tenant had a $350 electric bill last month, almost 3000 kwh. 1600 sqft brick house built in 2005. What is the most likely culprit for this? I have someone coming to check out the ac this week anyways. Any other po...
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I am trying to find a strategy or method of determining if it is worth the money to separate utilities in a triplex which I recently purchased. Separating utilities would require me to have a some electrical rewiring...
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Hi everyone,Me and my partner Kristin are investors from Canberra, Australia. We are new to investing in the Cleveland area and are looking to network with other investors, contractors, realtors, and property managers...
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Primary question to check on with your local zoning group, are they allowed. Same goes for individual collapsible storage units. The following discussion is just on Cargo Containers.
Only if you have cheap/extra la...
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Hello BP family. I have 2 questions and need advice please:1. What kind of policy and how much insurance coverage is needed for a rental property?2. When investing in out of state properties, is it better to use an in...
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I'm considering buying a 5-plex fixer upper in a very nice neighborhood in MO, but the only problem that I see is that meters are not separated so owner is paying all utilities. Everything else makes this a great deal...
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Hello BP community,I have a newbie question. Let's say you own a rental property. How do you go about arranging the electric, gas, water, and other utility bills to be paid by the tenants? Do you deactivate the ser...