David Zheng
Pipes Bursting all over the Place :( HALPP
So I have several older apartments and with the weather getting really cold, I've been getting some pipes bursting. None of the basements are well insulated and have no central heating. What do you guys to do keep the...
David Campbell
Edinburg/Mission Real Estate
Anyone involved in the market in these areas? I am from out of state but interested in the area. If so, I have some general questions. Thanks!
Alec Jacobs
Should I buy windows myself or go through a company??
I am in the middle of renovating my first long term rental and I need new windows for the upstairs unit (it is a top bottom duplex). I got a quote from a window company and it was going to cost me around $11k to repla...
Harry Standafer
How can I reduce my electric bill?
Hey BP,
I just bought an older house (1910-ish) split into five apartments (~2700 square feet total). They aren't separately metered so the utilities are included in their price of rent. The electric bill was about d...
Inderpal Chadha
Frozen faucets
This is not Alaska but a frozen faucet in Maple Valley, Wa. All the faucets are frozen, the heat is off as of now ( no one lives at the property). The heat will be hopefully up in a day. The temperatures were in th...
Lilly Fang
tenant reports ants.spiders, does landlord pay for pest control?
The tenant reported that they have recently noticed an increase in bugs and spiders inside the house and wasps in the front yard. They got scared that the kids will be bitten by spiders. They would like to have a pest...
Matt Leonard
Would you swap oil furnaces for propane or heat pump in Maine
Purchasing a 6 unit property in Maine (cold, snow), 3 separate buildings, that has separate oil furnaces for each unit. All of the furnaces are 20+ years old and the tanks are corroding. There is no natural gas in t...
Jon K.
If you're paying utilities, what do you set the thermostat at?
For winter?
For summer?
I read that most offices set their thermostat at 72.
Around here, 72 in the summer gets expensive even in the summer.
John Brennan
Too small to be big. Too big to be small.
Hi everyone. I’m John. I’ve had enough standing on the sidelines and want to jump in. The question is:I’ve been studying self storage for two years and know a lot about it. My problem is that I don’t want to give up m...
Troy Bevans
Under Sink Hot Water Instant Circulating System
Winter in Iowa is a chilling experience, no doubt, and one that needs to be strongly considered when your are an investor of mobile homes. A very inconvenient situation to find yourself in is one where your tenant ca...