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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 ...

Curtiss Venn Utilities, electric, gas, heat, hot water
16 June 2022 | 2 replies

What is the standard in Hudson Valley area regarding utility responsibilities?  For a SFH, should the tenant pay for all the utilities or is there a standard in the area for owner to pay for heat and hot water?  If th...

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...

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...

Marlon Freeman Replacement Reserve Funds
24 August 2014 | 20 replies

Good Morning BP,

I have a question about reserve amounts. When analyzing deals, what do you budget for reserves? do you withhold a flat rate amount, or do you withhold a percentage of the gross rent? Currently I am ...

Sarah Smith Need Some Creative Ideas for Tear Down
8 July 2024 | 16 replies

My grandmother passed years ago. Many years prior to her passing she moved out of the home to live with another family and the home sat vacant for a very long time without anyone checking on it. Thru the years it has ...

Rick K. MH park to condo property
17 October 2009 | 8 replies

Does anyone on this forum have experience with turning a mobile home park into a condominum property and selling the individual lots? I own a 36 acre park with 180 lot spaces I would like to sell this way.