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Does this sound right? Water heater from 2010 just stopped working. Tech says dust got into valve and killed it. Suggests new install for $1350, discourages $775 repair. Any advice or referrals welcome. Just...
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Afternoon BP, My two unit multi-family had two back to back months of a 1000$ water bill. We fixed a slow leaking toilet; hopefully that fixed it. We talked to a plumber and because of the way the h...
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Acquired a property with a swimming pool that is infested with tadpoles.Pool is 25000 gallon in capacity, about 5' deep on one side and 9' deep on the other. It has lots of tadpoles. I couldn't find daddy and mommy ...
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Have you had any prior bad experiences that have pushed you to restrict certain types of animals from residing at your properties? I've had bad experiences with Ferrets in the past and have heard some owners restrict...
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So I currently do not allow pets in my rental, but one of my tenants asked me about a fish and was just curious about how landlords felt about it. I feel like it can be costly on utilities but the tenants are responsi...
Is it a god idea to install tankless water heaters in rental units?
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Hi, I have a 2 family house with a total of 3 people living here. My water bill was sky high last quarter and I'm trying to figure out why. I've looked at the daily usage online and it shows certain days where anywher...
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I'm on my first rental property.My water bill comes quarterly. A few months after my tenants moved in I got a call from the water company and they said "you're water usage has spiked from your previous billing period,...
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Got an off-the-wall question...Just had a plumber here to replace the switch on my ejector sump pump. Got to see inside the sump and it seems kinda - what we used to call - groty.Now, it's not an effluent sump, it onl...
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To all my fellow Chicago Investors. Wondering what some of the water bills at your properties are or have been recently ? I bought a legal 2 with a basement unit back in November. My first few water bills were just ...