I have a tenant that is 6 months into a 1 year lease and has joined the military. They will be leaving for basic training that will last up to 10 weeks and would like to keep the apartment. How would you best handle ...

I am looking at a mixed-use building and the hot water system looks squirley. 9 residential units and 2 retail store fronts share one commercial hot water heat of 75 gallons.  Landlord pays the hot water expense and, ...

Hey,So in our apartment we had gas supply that would provide us with hot water all day round.The owner decided to take out the gas supply and so he replaced the radiators and the boiler for the water with electric one...

Hello folks. I'm new to BP and I'm currently researching the purchase and rehab of my first multy-family property. I was discussing offsetting utility expenses with a friend tonight, and he suggested that I consider i...

looking at potentially a disaster of a situation regarding copper pipes inside concrete slab.-Home is 10 years old-Copper pipe inside the concrete slab had a leak.-Pinpoint leak was found (after digging through severa...

mother hire an inspector to inspector home before purchasing a foreclose from the bank. the inspector wrote on his report that he was not able to inspect heat and water system because they were turned off. my mother w...

Hello!  We just bought a duplex, which has separate meters for electricity.  That's easy enough for the tenants to put their bills in their own names.  But the gas and water need to stay in our name as landlords (per ...

I'm looking into a 17 unit apt complex where presently the owner pays the gas bill. Needless to say, the winter months are killer..

I was wondering if anyone here knows anything about submetering gas for an apt build...

Hi,So my friend's dad is building a ~600 sq ft ADU in southern California and on the drawings it says:"Per Title 24, the BTU/HR rating for the equipment are:Total water heater: 199.7K BTU/HRTotal heating equipment: 20...

Hello BP,I just got word from my tenant that her gas/light bill was $500 this month!  I know it has been cold this past month but I think that is way too high. I did go by to look at a few things last month and notice...