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Joey Nakayama To separate utilities, or not to separate utilities...
15 April 2014 | 11 replies

My situation:

I own a triplex in Chicago, live on the first floor and rent out the upper two.

Cooking gas is separated for each unit, but a single hot water boiler heats the entire building. This last (...

Afrothiti Manolis Buying into a property with current tenants paying NO utilities
17 July 2020 | 10 replies

Hey BG,
In Chicago, I am buying a three flat. One of the tenant's contracts end 12/20. The other is month to month. Both are paying under market value. Those two units share a water heater and electricity and gas met...

Shannon X. Any potential in this type of deal?
16 January 2013 | 1 reply

I have no intentions on doing anything, I'm only asking to learn and know for the future.

A fully fresh rehabbed property just came up on the MLS, new stainless energy efficient appliances, carpet, paint, floors, hea...

Account Closed Risk vs Taxes
9 December 2012 | 1 reply

This is a question for real estate investors that use at least some of their own money and believe taxes will go up in the future. Please don’t let this turn into a political debate.

Are you more, less or just as li...

Crystal Dundas Heating optionS to prevent high turnover - philadelphia, pa
1 March 2016 | 31 replies

I have a duplex in West Philadelphia's University City area. The property is all electric, no gas. I am having a challenge with one of my units. It is about 1500 sqft, 3stories, 3br, 2ba and being heated by an electri...

Nicole Blair Owner pays electricity and the cost is on the rise.
10 January 2021 | 2 replies

Greetings Bigger Pockets,  
I purchased a property where I pay the electricity bill for the first floor tenants since the electricity is shared with the hallway lights. The bill however has increased by 35% over the ...

Pat Jackson Delayed financing, how to not get caught with your pants down?
12 November 2017 | 1 reply

In case you don't know what delayed financing is, here are a few links:https://www.quickenloans.com/blog/delayed-financin...https://www.fanniemae.com/content/guide/selling/b2...I'm about to have enough HELOC buying po...

John Berekoff Increase ROI with Solar Power?
1 April 2019 | 5 replies

So I had this idea the other day and wanted to know what others thought. If you place solar panels on a property of yours, and pay them off (or buy them outright) so that all of the energy savings coming from them are...

Mario Brown Multi Family Repositioning | Picture Portfolio
7 September 2021 | 21 replies

I Purchased an 8-Unit Apartment Building 3 Miles Outside Of Downtown Greenville, SC Back In January..... Here is a log that i am keeping, this was a D property in a C+ area. Successfully taken rents from $503 to $725 ...

Matt Moldenhauer Deciding what upgrades to make when tenants move out?
3 February 2016 | 4 replies

How do you generally go about deciding what needs done/replaced? Our current rental house is about 48 years old. It's in pretty good condition, but we're going to paint all of the walls and replace light fixtures. The...