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Travis Bohling Best Practices for MTR; Utilities, and Furnishings
14 February 2024 | 20 replies

Hi MTR investors and property managers,
What are best practices and innovative solutions for the 2 subjects below:
Utilities
1. During periods of tenancy who should have the utilities in their name, landlord or ten...

Jonathan Baptiste How to distribute utility bill in a single family home? (House hacking)
23 May 2024 | 11 replies

I am currently house hacking and have a few tenants/roommates living with me. I currently pay the water and internet bill out of pocket and only request rent and the electric bill be paid for by the tenants. My house ...

Malik K. First time house hacker
29 April 2024 | 8 replies

Hello,
I currently live in Philadelphia but may move in the future to NYC. I was wondering what would be some good areas to consider for a first time house hacker. It seems triplexes or quadplexes are the ones that a...

Crystal Dundas Changing out Electric Heater, does AC needs to be replaced too?
14 March 2016 | 24 replies

Hi folks,A few weeks back, I decided, at the advice of all of you beautiful people to convert my rental from electric to gas heating.  I just received the quote and the hvac guy is saying I have to change out my AC un...

Denise B. First time screening tenants - how bad can their credit be?
6 June 2012 | 15 replies

Hi,
I'm relatively new to the landlording business. Bought my 1st two units about 18 months ago and inherited tenants that are actually pretty good.

This is my first time screening tenants to fill a vacancy (3 br/...

Dave Reeves Multifamily- Prorate or switch from boiler to electric heat
26 February 2016 | 15 replies

I recently purchased a Multi-family 4 unit that currently has a new gas boiler. Property managers in my area are telling me to eliminate the boiler and install electric baseboard heat in the units and have the tenants...

Josh Huber First Time Investment - Help!!!
2 January 2018 | 16 replies

Hello Everyone! I'm new to real estate investing, but have read my fair share of books and Bigger Pockets forums to prime myself for what's to come down the road. I've been searching through this sellers-market for a ...

Daniel Miller Houston Investors! Why is this Self-Storage Facility still on the market?
2 March 2014 | 21 replies

246 UNIT - STORE 4 CHEAP

6400 Eastex Freeway

Houston, TX 77026

It is currently listed by M&M. I understand that the expressway separates the facility from the traffic flow right in front of it...

John Hickey Hard money horror stories. Let’s hear them
20 May 2024 | 6 replies

I’ve posted some of this stuff before but I figured it might help if I shared a few of my blunders here that could have been avoided. Hopefully some sharp investors read this and offer me and others advice on how to n...

Gino Barbaro What Upgrades Have You Done To Your Property To Increase Value?
27 April 2016 | 23 replies

Hi Everyone,I just wanted to start an important discussion on how to increase the value of a multifamily property.  It's all about raising the NOI, and I would like to get some ideas on how to create value.Any idea wo...