Brendan Stratton
Keeping the Winter out
I’m curious about utility optimization. Particularly to heating. My apartment building is in Maine and is a Buy and Hold/House Hack. It is common practice for landlords in the area to include heating and hot water as...
Account Closed
Heating woes
I am in the process of deciding whether a potential flip in southwest Connecticut would be likely to be a good return on investment and one of the major hindrances I foresee is the heating system.Right now, the heatin...
Tammy Mason
Replaced Refrigerator by tenant without notice
My tenants sent me the following message. There was no previous messaging of any problems; they informed me of replacing and discarding the previous unit all in one message. Then expect me to pay for the new unit. The...
Joe Podwats
Should I invest in Germany or US?
Hello,
I live and work in Germany. I bought an apartment last year to live in and now I caught a bug to buy another property for rental income. Now I’m trying to decide where to invest...
The German market seems to h...
Luke H.
How to avoid A/C emergency issues
Hi,I live in Texas and it gets HOT here... I have yearly maintenance done on all A/C units to ensure they are working properly. When an A/C unit stops working tenants will make this an urgent emergency. My A/C guy i...
Nathan Gesner
Are you keeping up with the market?
A study by Corelogic reveals rent rates for single-family homes was up 11% from 2020 to 2021. Cities like Phoenix, Austin, San Diego, Orlando, and Las Vegas saw rates increase over 15% last year.If you rented a house ...
Anthony P.
Rentals during COVID-19 Pandemic
For those of you with current vacancies in your rental properties — Are you getting them rented during the Coronavirus pandemic? I understand that location will influence this. If you are currently trying to rent out ...
Dominick Johnson
Always get multiple bids
Last week I was reminded why I made it standard practice to always get at least 3 bids for major repairs. The ac in one of our properties had a leak in the line. Both the ac and furnace worked fine but were 30 years o...
Darrell Lee
I accidentally bought a house for $550... You ever do that?
I was farting around on Auction.com placing some low ball bids on properties that had super low starting bids with reserves... So a 2/1 in Memphis TN has a 1/4 acre lot, nice homes all around cul de sac but house had ...
Carlo D.
Considering doing longer leases
Are longer leases a good option to consider? If I was considering a 2 or 3 year lease. And maybe offer no increase during that period or maybe a small increase below market rates. Is that a thing? Any disadvantages in...