I'm interested in a duplex in my area, but there is no central air system installed in the home, and the heat is baseboard electric. My initial reaction is to be concerned that window A/C units may not be satisfactory...

Hello BP,
I've noticed my sump pump is getting louder lately. I'm unfamiliar with maintenance on these as I didn't have them where I lived. I've never seen a set up like mine, it has what appears to be a pump then it...

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We are planning to show our rental unit to an applicant soon and our tenant is saying "no. You can show it after we move." We replied that as it states in our lease terms we can enter the property with 24 hours notice...

I am currently closing on a duplex and I plan to live in one side and and rent the other out. The electric and gas are separately metered and are easy to have these expenses paid by the other renter. The water on t...

I'm looking to move into commercial multifamily in the near future and curious about a few things. With there being several barriers to entry, coming up with a large down payment being one of them, I'm wondering how m...

Two years ago I bought a condo next to AT&T Park (San Francisco). I did not buy this unit as an investment. I bought it to live in. Because……every morning I get to go for a jog on the Embarcadero and see the su...

I have two rental properties in Missouri. Both with a mortgage. One of them has $25k left on it and the other one has $90k on it. If I pay them off in the next few years I would be cash flowing right around $1,800/mon...

I spend a lot of time in the forums, and have read lots of negative stories about property managers. I'm looking for PM stories where they did what they said they were going to do, or went above and beyond.I know @Ali...

I have an urgent decision that I could use help on... My wife and I bought an 11,000 ft² Warehouse space and have white boxed it. It appraises for $800,000 and as of today we have about $550,000 into it with renovatio...