Hello,I have an unmetered rental property in Chicago and my water bill is ridiculous. The city has put a freeze (pardon the pun) on water meter installations while they "investigate" problems with old/lead pipes. Mean...

I am trying to decide what the best type of flooring would be to do. The first house is in a popular historic college town. Most homes even the rentals have hardwood floors. Sell for around $150k .The second house...

In my neck of the woods, multifamily landlords generally pay for water and pass on electric and gas to their tenants. The triplex I have under contract technically has separate gas and electric meters for each unit, b...

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I am new to this website and real estate business. I have read many blogs and posts and I feel I can learn a lot here. Thanks in advice for your suggestion.

I have a condo, the old lease ends June 30th...

Just wanted to create a thread where I post updates on our basement apartment that we had built out from an unfinished basement with the full intent of it being a rental from the start. This build was fully laid out t...

I've purchased my first property in Northern Illinois about 30 minutes south of Joliet. It is a 1400 sq ft single family in a C class area that I plan to rent.The place will need all new utilities/appliances. Two la...

Hey BP community!I recently bought my first 4plex in the city of Mesa, AZ. I am in need of replacing all the window because I noticed that water is getting inside the apartments and is messing up the Interior drywall....

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I am currently under contract for a 1960's era home in Jersey City.  The home has a central Oil-Fired furnace which provides both heat and hot water to all three units. The current owner has agreed to remove the...

Lumber Liquidators is having a sale on install right now. Has anyone gone through them for install? It would seem nice to have them back the work. Recently my GC had a very bad experience with a hardwood installer....

The title says it all. I'm wondering if anybody has used the wood looking laminate in their flips? I am getting ready to begin construction next week on a property, and am highly considering this for flooring. It real...