Justin Brickman
Solar panels for short term rentals
Due to extremely high energy bills in my short term rentals in Texas, I've been starting to think more and more about investing in solar panels and taking advantage of the tax incentives My energy bills have been $400...
Joshua Dorkin
Forum Avatars (Member Photos)
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Lately, many of our members have decided to start adding their own images as their Avatar (forum image). I have ...
Colleen F.
HW baseboard heating, smokey burner,and cleaning is this fair?
SF unit with hot water baseboard. Tenant calls saying the oil burner off the kitchen started smoking up kitchen/dining area. Turned off the furnace and accelerated the furnace cleaning by 1 week. Furnace was fine, ma...
Paul Marschall
Unit electricity and hoa repair issues.
My power is fluctuating and having issues that started Tuesday 11-21-2023. I personally got my electrician to check it out and found that my control panel was not getting enough power. We walked out of my condo to the...
Mark Forest
Adding sump pump to garbage disposal line
The electric panel in one of my rentals is full. I suddenly need to add a sump pump and the most expedient way is to tap into the 20 amp circuit that controls my garbage disposal and dishwasher. I am not sure, but I...
Ryan Shaw
Phantom Dryer
Hope there's a veteran DIY/handy guy who can point me in the right direction. My tenant called about a strange issue she is having with her dryer and sent a video to verify the symptoms. When the door is closed and ...
Chase Guelette
Value Add Properties
Hey BiggerPockets, when renovating a house, what adds the most value to the home? Should my money be going to pulling up the floorboards and putting in a shiny new floor, or purchasing steel appliances?(This is just a...
Zk Lani
Security system /cameras for your rentals
Hi guys, I had one of my units broken into over Christmas, broke the window, stole some electronics and one of the property keys. It’s a college 4plex renting all girls. I’m very pissed and would like to secure the pr...
John Moon
1 master thermostat that controls 3 units
I'm looking into a Triplex but I found something weird about the house. The house is heated with gas, and they have radiators throughout the units. However, there is only 1 thermostat (control panel) for the whole bui...
Ou Wang
First Time House Hacking in Greater Boston
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $705,000
Cash invested: $70,000
Classic house hack situation, with a TON of mistakes/lessons learned.
This...