Karl Kauper
Water sub-metering - Is there a way for me to sub-meter my older, brick 12-unit?
I own a 12-unit, 3-story brick MF in Euclid, OH. I am paying the water bills because the units are not individually metered for water. I believe that to install conventional water meters would be cost-prohibitive, but...
Lauren Ruppert
Question about inspections???
A property owner has offered to sell a home to a friend in Colorado. The home has a septic system and water catchment(?). I have zero experience with such properties and would like to know what type of inspections ...
Alex Castillo
Grass Watering for Tenants
I've had my rental property now for a year and the grass is completely gone due to no watering.
What's the preferred course of action here? If I have a sprinkler system installed can I have tenants pay that addition...
Jack B.
Do you charge extra rent when on septic and private well?
About to buy a house on septic and well. My other houses are all on city/county water and sewer systems. So I'm wondering, since I'm footing the bill for the well and septic pumping, shouldn't I be able to charge extr...
Joshua Harmon
Implementing RUBS/Submetering in Apartment Complexes
Obviously, the goal of owning buy and hold real estate is to maximize cashflow and NOI. I have a 41 Unit Apartment Complex that I'm analyzing that has great potential but it has one issue, the WATER BILL. The water bi...
Arjav Patel
Backyard flooding. Is LL responsible?
It’s been raining pretty heavily in Chicago over the past few months. The backyard at my property (all concrete) has been flooding and my tenants are complaining about it. The water is not getting into the apartment, ...
Katie Polemis
Rental property with septic & well water
Hi all, I've never owned a property with septic or private well and hoped to get a landlord's perspective on dealing with these systems. Is it better/worse/same as municipal water-sewer in terms of maintenance & e...
Stephen Loguidice
Home Inspection Negligence
Hi,Looking to see if anyone has had experience with this.I recently purchased a 2 family home back in Sept in Long Island NY. Now that the cold weather has hit I've come to find out the heating system was done as a h...
Bob Romano
Keep upgraded Items before Renting out
Hi Folks, I just closed on 3br , 2bath SFH and it has a lot of upgrades. Such as a garbage disposal, underground sprinklers and an alarm system. My question is , would you take these items out or make them un- useable...
Michael Herr
Well/Septic Newbie
I am well above the average DIYer in skill, and was mostly through a home-inspection course before career change, so I know a great deal about most things in a home, except for wells/septic.
I am looking at a...