I thought it might be a fun thread to see some of the "engineering" feats some of you may have encountered on your properties, or even done yourself. If you've done this long enough you know that sometimes necessity i...

I've heard from different people that you're supposed to pour either bleach or vinegar into the AC condensate line once a month to prevent backups. Which is safer for the line, and do you mix it with water or just pou...

One of my houses has washer/dryer hookups in the garage. There is a hole in the wall where the dryer tube, etc. is supposed to vent to the outside. Unfortunately, the way the house was built, the AC condensor is right...

We bought a duplex a few months back, one unit was empty and the upper had a tenant. The tenant just moved out in early July, so we've been rehabbing the unit. Yesterday a duct guy came and discovered that one of the ...

I'm not very good with window terminology, but when I took a look at this property, the "side jambs" were turned inside out on several windows?  Looks like some old tenant deliberately took a crowbar to it.  I tried b...

Hello BiggerPockets friends,I have my first duplex deal locked down. However just finished the house inspection and the inspector tells me everything is solid with both units, except the furnace and AC. They are both ...

RE:The house I moved into
I had been in this house several times before, and never smelled any cigarette odors, no smoke odors. I had it painted, and that day, I did, but thought the painters had probably been smoking...

Fellow landlords, are the following something you would considered "normal wear and tear" or no?

Window blinds - these blinds were brand new before the tenant moved in 16 months ago. I am not sure what happe...

The hot season is coming and it's time to get the evaporative coolers (swamp coolers) ready for summer.  Evaporative coolers function by sucking the hot dry air through filter pads of aspen or plastic mesh that are sa...

One property installed a American Standard 4ton 16 seer, silver AC in Aug-2022. First time stopped to work in 4-28-2024 and disconnected from thermostat without any idea why. Last weekend it stopped to work again but ...