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With rapidly falling solar costs and the 30% tax credit, has anyone discussed the idea of "becoming the utility" for their tenants?Most landlords can have solar installed at no up-front cost & finance it over 25 ...
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I live in a older recently renovated multi-family community and in the last monsoon storm a power surge caused all our electrical to the community to be fried. The property management did admit that some of...
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I rent a commercial storage building with no utilities included. After eviction for non -payment and breaking the lease agreement. I have found that they where stealing power and water. They had buried lines and conne...
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Insurance company came out to property and done an inspection. They sent me a letter stating, tree overhang over power lines. Recommend trees be evaluated and trimmed to reduce electrical hazard.. Any chance electric ...
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Being from SoCal, I have had no personal experience with freezing pipes, but I'm aware that it happens. We currently own rentals in CA (OC) and AZ (Phoenix metro), so we don't have to worry about it at our rentals...
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I have two units separately metered and we are installing a shared washer and dryer. Logistically, the water and power for the dryer would come from the smaller one bedroom and the washer power would come from the 2-B...
My electric just installed electrical panel. I did not find any GFCI breakers. He said that the house does not need it due to the age. I am planning to rewire the whole house. I am not sure what he is doing is right. ...
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Hi guys! I was reading a BP article a little while ago that mentioned purchasing and installing solar panels on your multi’s to be able to charge tenants for power, as well as being able to sell that power back ...
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Im an out of state investor looking at a potential duplex. Everything looks great but Im curious how much will utilities typically run me since I will have to pay. Each unit is 1 bed/1 bath and about 500 sqft with e...
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I'm not all that familiar when it comes to the purchasing/selling of homes that have solar panels. As an agent, I'm starting to see more and more properties in my area be listed with solar panels so I'd liked to gain...