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I’ve read & heard about setting up a system to have off market houses coming in. One of the ways is to reach out to water departments & get a list of shut-offs. Unfortunately many of the towns around me do not...
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For all you MF owners out there, here's a quick tip I learned today from a veteran PM:Have your maint. guy (or yourself if you're the maint. guy) write down the water meter reading twice a week and track it over time....
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I am new to landlording, and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for an automatic whole house water shut-off valve that I could put in my rentals. I have heard horror stories of a pipe breaking or something ...
As a long time lurker, but first time poster, I have to tell you all that I am really impressed with the quality of the posts and all the awesome cooperation shown in this forum.In an older post Jim Johnson said "In o...
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Hello,We are looking at couple of multi family properties that have potential. These are all located in metro atlanta area. How would you go about estimating what it would need for a gut job for a multi family, which ...
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Ok everyone brace yourself on this one as it will be a long story. I am simply looking to advice I have a previous post where I outlined some of the details there. I rented my house out as of September 1st, 2018 and...
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AC unit on one of my out-of-state properties went down. How do you deal with getting multiple quotes from vendors? Do you ask your tenants what times they are around and then have a few vendors come by and give you ...
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Hi all. I'm considering rehabbing a rental property to make it as energy efficient as possible, including replacing appliances and converting the kitchen to induction - which could (in an ideal world) bring down energ...
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I have a property where the adu and main house share utilities. adding separate meters isn't an option at this point in time. In the past, I have rented them out with utilities included. When rented out next, is the...
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I am looking for water submetering options for my fourplex in IB. Many of the companies seem to only service larger properties. Additionally, the option to monitor myself is appealing as opposed to paying the vendor. ...