Hi BP gang!I'm still a few months out from jumping in so I am in all out research mode.I convinced my wife to go to our first open house on a 2 family today and it was kinda scary!Not scary as in we were in danger, bu...

It's 96 degree days here in Tampa as summer approaches, and getting hotter. A tenant is moving out at the end of this month, but they want to shut off their power 2 weeks before their lease is up, because they are mov...

I've got a single family home that my wife and I are living in while rehabbing. We're moving out of state in about a year and were recently pitched the idea for solar panels on the house. We're in the panhandle of Flo...

Years ago another landlord told me he kept one of those stand up infrared room heaters around to keep a tenant happy until his furnace guy could get there to fix the problem if a furnace went out.Last night, while all...

I got a quote from solar city to put solar on our personal residence. Our house is pretty large and our average electric bill is $275 a month.  If we got solar the total costs for the system would be $33,000.  But acc...

Does anyone have any good resources on the energy use of various window air conditioners? Even more points if you have ones that can be monitored remotely via the internet. Need to put one in a place where I care how...

My husband and I have a large backyard and have thought about building a legal ADU to rent out (or even live in while renting our main house, though that's less likely). We have comfortable in buying single family hom...

Currently, I am under 18 and looking to buy my first rental property once I graduate high school. I was wondering if it is common practice whatsoever to install solar panels on rental properties? I feel like this coul...

Good Evening All,My tenants are moving in tomorrow and I requested that my electric be cut off on the 14th. They sent a notice stating that termination of the service would happen at midnight. Does this mean that they...

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, ...