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Dan B. Tenant request to split cost of an 'upgrade'
6 December 2023 | 2 replies

I've hot an interesting proposal from a new tenant. They asked me about splitting the cost of installing gas logs in the fireplace. Total cost $1200. They would pay 600, if they ever leave, they would leave it. Propan...

Julio Gonzalez Important Tax Update on Inflation Reduction Act and Real Estate!
24 November 2023 | 7 replies

Attention all Accountants and real estate investors!
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 was signed into law on August 16, 2022 by President Biden.
It’s a $737 billion investment that according to two of the ...

Joseph Vaughn RE rookie and first-time home buyer from Athens, Georgia
5 October 2021 | 8 replies

Hi everyone!I'm Joseph (from Athens, Georgia) and found BP when listening to a ChooseFI episode 312 where Scott and Mindy discussed their book First-Time Home Buyer: The Complete Playbook to Avoiding Rookie Mistakes l...

Dan Borecki Gas Heater Recommendations
30 October 2015 | 7 replies

Hi, I have a 3 family property (built in 1900) that I purchased about 2 years ago and just recently got a home energy audit and in order to take advantage of the state of Massachusetts credit toward insulation of the ...

Tracy Stein Urbanization: Big City Real Estate Markets Boom!
27 October 2015 | 2 replies

Urbanization is the growth of cities into the surrounding suburbs and the transformation of once rural areas into cities. Urbanization is here and it’s here to stay. In fact, more than half of the people on Planet Ear...

Petur Karlsson Installing Solar On Rentals & Charging Tenants For Utilities
24 December 2023 | 8 replies

Hello everyone! I'm set to convert my primary residence into a long term rental property. I installed solar panels on the roof back in August 2019 and over one year, the panels produced over 11 MW of electricity, mini...

Jeff L. How exactly do umbrella insurance policies work?
5 March 2015 | 6 replies

Say I have two properties, both under separate LLCs and insurance policies.If I get an umbrella policy under one of those insurance policies, can it cover the other property as well? Or do I need to get two umbrella p...

Darrell D. Flipping/Selling Cars for Down Payment
16 October 2015 | 6 replies

We've come into a bit of a plateau.  We've purchased a duplex and our home within the last two years.  However we've been unable to make further investments due to limited finances.  While our finances have been limit...

Colleen Murphy Converting single HVAC system into two systems for duplex
28 June 2019 | 8 replies

I'm a newbie at real estate investing and am about to purchase an up and down duplex that currently has one HVAC system in place (but does have two electric meters already). Currently, the owner pays all utilities.Cle...

Jacob Elbe Do I really need a chimney liner?
27 February 2023 | 12 replies

I'm buying a duplex and the home inspector brought up a concern about the furnaces and hot water heaters venting into the old chimney on the house.  There are no fireplaces.  I've never heard of this before, so am hop...