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Account Closed Any tips for winterizing a house without central heat?
7 January 2019 | 5 replies

I have a question. I have some vacant properties in the South but it's still cold enough for a pipe to burst. One of the units is a duplex and shares a wall with an occupied units. Should the winterizing be different ...

Shyam Panchal Found Some Problems Post Inspection - Need Advice ASAP! (Texas)
19 June 2021 | 52 replies

I am currently under contract for an SFR in Texas.  The house was recently remodelled but after the inspection, there were some issues found.  Although the cosmetic finishes look quite good, there are some fundamental...

Brian Dalton Waterproofing basement question
25 February 2018 | 3 replies

My wife and I have a multi family we purchased about 8 months ago. About two weeks ago we had a really heavy rain and wound up with water in the basement through various intrusions. The basement is unfinished and used...

Jeff Quinlan Flat Roof for Apartments
9 January 2020 | 3 replies

Hello BP community, 
I have an apartment building that has a flat roof with a TPO roof that has some pooling of water in one area. I have two  bids that have proposed that I need a new cricket system. Any experience ...

Kevin Andrews Denver land lording
28 December 2015 | 3 replies

Moving to the denver metro soon and have begun looking at places to house hack, then convert to a full time rental. Going through the eval process now and had a few questions:1) what's standard for utilities? What, if...

Loc R. Toilet Talk
8 January 2011 | 5 replies

Does anyone have any experiences/thoughts on the dual-flush toilets for rentals?

On my first triplex, I swapped all 6 toilets to the 1.6 gpf models; it cut my water bill by about 16%.

I am now looking at a fixer 4-p...

Lorraine Patterson Out of state investment for a beginner
2 June 2019 | 46 replies

I'm a newbie, and for my first investment I'm gearing towards an out of State STR, where I can also use as a vacation home and depending where I'm at in my life, retire there. Is an STR a bad idea as a first investmen...

Adam Moehn Replacing Tub Faucet
18 October 2014 | 11 replies

I need to replace a broken diverter tub faucet. I've not done much plumbing before, but I unscrewed the old one and took it to Home Depot thinking I could just find a replacement to screw back on. Well, it's not as ea...

Alex S. Rent-to-income ratio as one of the requirements?
28 August 2021 | 4 replies

Is it a good practice to set rent-to-income ratio requirements for applicants? What is a good number considered as an industry standard?

Nick M. Suggestions for a Plumber rate card
28 June 2022 | 1 reply

Hey guys,
Was charged $375 to replace a hot water expansion tank and $155 to cut out and press or crimp in a new 4 inch section of copper piping (had a pin size hole that developed and leaked water).  This in Philade...