Jim Adrian
Glass 101
I have seen several window posts lately and thought I share one on glass properties. I have tried to break this down to simple terms and only hit the important parts of glass. There are many variables to glass but on...
Sunil Kumar
HVAC vs Mini Split Systems
I just bought a 65 year old single family house. It has 2 wall heaters - one in the 1st floor and 1 in the 2nd floor. No ducts for central A/C and heat. As installing ducts and central HVAC can be expensive,I am cons...
Greg Belair
Alternatives to Electric Ceiling Heat?
Hi All,I need some advice from the brain trust here at BP. I’m estimating repairs on a 1400 Sq Ft 3 /2 Ranch that was built back in 1968. The home has electric ceiling radiant heat that may or may not work (popcorn ce...
Michael Downs
Chicago, Cook County renting contract thoughts
Pretty much described it all in the description above. New to REI. First rental after a very nice rehab in Cook County outside of Chicago. I'm comfortable with screening renters but wondering if anyone out there in...
Cory Dessauer
inflated natural gas bills?
So first 4 family property owner here. I purchased last month and just got my first electric and gas bill. Let's just say wallet shock doesnt cover it. To break down the tldr, apparently I used 23.59 in gas last month...
Bobby Narinov
What is your experience making the tenants pay utilities on a single meter
I'm evaluating an apartment complex (two buildings) where the owner pays water, gas and sewers. During the inspection I noticed that some toilets have constantly running water and the wall heaters were still heating d...
Arthur Kraamwinkel
Heating costs Northeast
Does anyone know how many BTU's it takes for the whole Northeast heating season per square foot of building?
Bill Brown
Acorn Structures/ Solar Metrics solar hot water
Does anyone know how the solar hot water is Designed to work on these 80's Acorn homes ? Acorn has no information and solarmetrics is defunct. Bought a house at foreclosure , appears bank disconnected the tank from th...
Mike K.
State and federal low income programs
Im a recent landlord who inherited a tenant. I get paid directly from the tenant, not the government, there is no low income status on the lease. The tenant is now demanding i get involved in various state and federal...
Freddy Hernandez
Multi-family running numbers
Hello, I am trying to move into multi-family investing and currently practicing running the numbers. One part I am struggling with it to figure out how much I would be paying for utilities. I dont see any mention on l...