A property I am interested in buying currently has the landlord pay for water, gas, and sewage, while the tenets pay for electricity.  The property uses an oil furnace for heating.  How expensive would it be to discon...

I am currently preparing our vacation home in Vermont near Mount Snow to accept vacation rentals. The thing about a house in a heavily wooded area is that there is a never ending stream of mice looking to get in. I kn...

Any tips on what to look for? We're looking at houses and my boyfriend has experience in construction but not termite inspection per se. We are only looking for ourselves- not doing an inspection for anyone else.

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I am currently living in a small community of ~2500 on the Northern tip of Vancouver Island.I have just moved back home from Vancouver and trying to find a place to rent or buy is proving to be very difficult . I am p...

My wife and I have a rental property in San Antonio, Texas (Go Spurs Go!!!).  We've had a new tenant move in and hired a contractor remotely (we live on the East Coast) to mend to a few issues.  The previous tenant di...

Anyone ever use an electric furnace? I saw one used on craigslist for 150$. It looks like a gas furnace but is electric. I am interested in this because it looks like I could set it up so that I can pull out of my ren...

I purchased a duplex earlier this year in a B-class neighborhood. There is a wood burning fireplace in each unit, but after having them inspected, neither are safe to use and need a total of about $1,500 to bring them...

Ok, I can see I am in a certain category which may be a nuisance.  Please accept my apology for that.I'm another person who's looking to create a solution - for buying a house I want to make the home for me and my fam...

I am a newer investor looking to build systems Does anybody use a check list before winter It gets very cold and we have multiple snow storms to avoid surprises mid winter as much as possible