Kamran Rahman
Looking for a reliable Electrician in Greater Seattle
This week, my condo seems to have stopped serving electricity to a couple of the bedrooms. Other parts of the unit are still receiving power. I am thinking I will need an electrician to come take a look, so I’d like t...
Tommy Adams
Can a 20amp circuit handle electric wall heaters?
I'm thinking of installing some electric wall heaters in a 3 bedroom apartment that I am planning to rent out. Each wall heater is 4.17 amps (https://www.eheat.com/envi-high-efficiency-whole-room-120v-plug-in-electric...
Sara Taslitt
Common area lighting is on tenants circuit breaker
Hello- I just had an electrician doing some work in my two family house. I am living in the second floor. My first tenant is moving in next week.The electrician noticed that the common area electric is on the tenants ...
Mark Forest
Tenant fried my grage panel
My tenant called me a month ago to complain that he has burned up three TVs and he thought the electrical in the house was faulty. I tested the outlet and it was around 119 to 120. I put in a new outlet and told him...
Ryan Kerrigan
New Tenant Requests
Hello Forum,This is my first post after lurking around a bit, and was hoping I could get some direction. I currently live in a house hacked duplex, and rented out the lower unit roughly a month ago. This is the 3rd te...
Camille Johnson
Fixing Outlet in Garage for an Outdoor Refrigerator
Hi! I'm a new landlord. My first tenant wants to put his refrigerator in the garage, but the outlet can't handle the load and it keeps tripping. He wants me to pay for an electrician to come and fix it. I don't feel l...
Tom R.
House with non grounded outlets
A house I am purchasing was built in the late 50's and has several outlets that are not grounded. The inspector suggested I install GFIC outlets. Do I need to replace all non grounded outlets with gfic outlets or can ...
Garrath Robinson
To remove plaster and redo electrical
Hey everyone. I am working in my first b+h rental and its a house that has been in the family for 50 years and is in the fastest growing part of indianapolis.
I would say the plaster is in about 60-70% good conditio...
Stephen Gallagher
Home Inspectors Report of finding on Residential Electric
Greetings all,Just getting started in making Real Estate my living, but not new to owning property, being a landlord, or dealing with problems. I will share some of my own stories later, but for this post I wanted to...
Kevin McKittrick
Outlets aren't grounded, does the landlord or tenant need to pay?
We are moving to a rental property in Seattle next month and the lease is already signed. After signing we mentioned using a portable dishwasher and the PM said it wouldn't work because the outlets aren't grounded. I...