Just a general question to see what everyone thinks…What would be your choice for heating a rental property? I feel like central air is a great investment just for the sake of ease of use for a tenant. It also gives u...

How do you charge tenants for oil heat? This is my first property with oil heat and I am considering 2 scenarios:1.) fill tank completely. Make tenant responsible for refill as necessary and they must fill tank back u...

I'm in MA, and my property has oil. Typical 1900s style 2 family with dumpy - if any- insulation!  It's set about 300 feet back from the natural gas line on the street, and it order to bring NG in it'd be $7K to jus r...

Anyone find one of these ? 
Trulia USED TO have a great one but took it down for some reason (I got confirmation from their support team).  Neighborhood Scout is another one but not very detailed if you zoom in / out...

Thought this would be an appropriate question considering half this country is going to be under a deep freeze.Do you leave the central heat on low or do you let some faucets drip water to prevent frozen plumbing?  I ...

We are halfway through a complete gutting and renovation of a 4plex. In the rented downstairs apartments we replaced the baseboard heat with HVAC and we were able to place the 2 furnaces in the ceiling area between th...

Just curious if anyone has any experience with this. I have heard it is a nightmare from neighbors. Looking to flip a couple in a neighborhood with this. Pretty new to the forum as well. Anything is greatly appreciated

I'm considering writing an offer on a duplex, however the property has a shared heating system. An oil burner with 2 diverters so each unit can control their own heat. The current owner pays the oil bill however colle...

Hi There,We recently closed on a property in MA that uses steam boilers for heating.  We included new boilers into our calculation.  However, after the installation, one specific steam radiator is incredibly slow to h...

Hi all, just purchased my first rental property (with advice from BP - woot!). After doing a few things by myself, I realized I need a handyman asap. Anyone have any recommendations of someone as a repetitive handyman...