I bought my first rental property and the closing date is next Monday. The tenant will move in ten days from the settlement date and will set up his own utility accounts. So for the ten days following the settlement, ...

Hi everyone! I have a question about what to do with the electric and water when showing the rental, do you leave them on and keep paying for them or shut them off? I have personally been shown rentals that do both bu...

My wife and I recently looked at a house listed on HomePath that needs a ton of work. Apparently a daughter or granddaughter moved in to take care of the house after the owner was sent to a nursing home, and shortly a...

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I've got a property that I am rehabbing and our timeline unfortunately got pushed back into the upcoming winter months.  The property is currently vacant and does not have an HVAC system installed. We have a ...

My wife and I own several SFR rentals in California that are being managed by a third party property management company. In California, our tenants pay all of their own utilities that are placed in their own names at ...

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The post you are about to read is based upon a factual account of a property condition assessment (PCA) recently completed for a commercial real estate property consisting of a multi-tenant industrial office ...

Hi All!Not sure if there is anything I can do to save this- but being new to REI would love some opinions.Me: New investor here, found a great deal on a two family in the greater philadelphia area, shortly after seein...

Background: just purchased a 15-unit (SRO type units with all utilities included in rent) apartment building in Central Florida.Current HVAC is comprised of window air conditioners and wall gas heaters.  Plan: move to...

Hello!I’m a new landlord. My tenant is asking me to install the weather stripping to the door. I live out of the state. My management company will hire a maintenance guy to do it if I approve. My tenant is leaving soo...

I own a duplex and I'd like to switch which unit reads Unit A and which reads Unit B so that they read A to B, left to right. Is there any legal record of which unit is which with the city, state, postal service, etc....