Richard Villandry
Oil, Gas or Electric for Buy and Hold?
Hey Everyone,When looking for new properties to invest in buy and hold are people turned away from oil or is it even an issue. I feel like most investors might turn down properties because they have oil heat. Do some ...
Michael Maloney
Buying A Home, Building a Shipping Container Airbnb
I am looking to creatively house hack, but my area (Westfield, IN) does not have very many duplexes. So this is my thought: buy a home on a lot large enough to build a “guest home.” I would like to build a shipping c...
John Clark
Creative Shower Glass Ideas
I'm working on finishing out my shower and I'm worried I didn't leave enough room to allow it to air out after a shower. If you look at the pictures, the idea was to do a door and a window. I've had it suggested ha...
Adam Michael
Black Mold on Bathroom Ceiling
I have a multi-family and the first floor bathroom seems to be developing black mold on the ceiling (slowly). There is a bathroom fan but it seems the condensation is still building up too quickly. The ceiling is a ...
Sunny Burns
Thermostat Limited to 73, Tenant Complaining Too Cold!
We have a nest thermostat,which is awesome because you can limit it to whatever temperature you want. Currently I have it locked so it can go no higher than 73 degrees. In my own home I do not ever set it higher than ...
Peter Morgan
Tenant sealed vent registers in winter to use his own heater
Hello,I had a tenant last winter and the heat in his unit was supplemented by the unit above him.It gets really cold down there in winter but he chose not to have free heat and sealed the vents tightly with an aluminu...
Crystal Wilson
airbnb fha
Im nervous about renting my 2 bed 2 bath condo on airbnb. This is fha loan. A hud home\forclosed. I dont know if its legal. And if my neighbors will call the Hoa on me. Has anyone done this? Any info? Thank you
Morgan Klein
Tenant wants vape clause removed in contract.
I have a new tenant that wants to vape. My PM has a no smoking/no vaping clause in her contract, and he (tenant) wants the vaping part removed. Does anyone have any experience with tenants that vape? Will vaping ca...
Wesley C.
crawl space fungus
I've read other threads on BP about mold, but as you know different regions of the country tend to experience mold in different forms and fashions. Here in the south, we have lots of crawl spaces that are very hum...
Chuck Payette
Spray foam as sound barrier ?
Gathering bids on new construction over/under duplex. One builder says spray foam between levels for sound barrier. Will that just transfer thunking of footsteps through joists and ceiling of lower level more?