Hi AllMy Central Boiler in my 8 unit building died March 2014I had a central boiler and converted all the units to individual forced air units in each apartment (they now control their own heat and pay their own gas b...

Hi all,I want to share a story about the importance of having working carbon monoxide and smoke/heat detectors in your rentals. A friend of mine has a single family rental occupied by a mother and three children. He r...

Hey everyone! Biggerpockets has been teaching me a lot and Brandon is always talking about sharing your knowledge and getting connected. I'm a master electrician from Connecticut with my own business wanting to get in...

I'm in the process of renovating my latest rental house.  I've been thinking about Smart-Home features which would be beneficial to a landlord as opposed to wiz-bang cool features to attract tenants. Specifically, I'm...

If you have gas in your unit?  Or do you expect them to?  

Landlord set up and control of the property Wi-Fi can provide many advantages, from becoming a small but steady source of extra revenue, to enhancing security (remote control and recording of gates, entries, exterior ...

Hi BP!This is part of a series where I detail the conversion of four units from long-term rentals to short-term Vacation Rentals (VR.)Synopsis of this part: Setting up wifi for your guests and for smart devices in you...

Hey folks. After nearly a year of dismissing it as largely a fad, I’ve been starting to do more and more with automated audio workflows in my STRs and have, so far, gotten great feedback on it from guests. Currently t...

For those of you who flips or do a rental turnover that the renovation may last a while - let's say longer then 3 months - during such time the property will be vacant and you may have expensive tools laying around, a...

Hello, By law does landlord need to change smoke detectors batteries or it's the tenant job. The only job of the landlord is to have smoke detectors installed?