Hello all,I own a 2 family in the Bronx.  I have lived in the first floor unit/basement since I purchased the house.  The basement is attached to the first floor unit, but also has 2 means of egress.  Essentially it i...

I was working for a friend of mine this week running service calls repairing oil furnaces .  I go to service a rental , landlord called because tenant had no heat . The first thing I do is dip the tank , its empty .  ...

Hi,I was looking to purchase a house in Arlington, MA which currently has oil and wanted to convert to gas. When I reached out the National Grid, they said there is gas line in the neighbor house but it needs to be ex...

HomeServe offers a $10k exterior sewer line coverage plan for $5.99/month per property in Kansas City, KS. They say rental properties are eligible. The only criteria is that the owner must not be aware of a pre-existi...

Hi folks, I'm securing a vacant property for the winter, this will be my first time winterizing a property. The gas service has been shut off and the meter removed. I'm now waiting on the city to cut off the water ser...

I'm so tired of my fax/printer/scanner

I wrote a blog a while back on how irritating my fax/printer/scanner really is.

I started researching some different internet fax services. The idea to me is great, the prices...

Hi BP Community,I’m in the midst of a very unusual situation with Baltimore County Gas & Electric (BGE). I purchased a rowhome in Middle River on 10/25 and at the time of purchase all gas appliances were working p...

Anyone have a recommendation on answering service for an emergency line? Looking to switch since my current one has decided to charge me $135 a month (on top of used minutes) when I don't have enough emergency call...

Thought this would be an appropriate question considering half this country is going to be under a deep freeze.Do you leave the central heat on low or do you let some faucets drip water to prevent frozen plumbing?  I ...

This might be off the topic, but I am running out of ideas now. Except the problems with my investment property, now I am running into a even bigger issue with my own property currently reside. This summer, we have dr...