I am in the process of purchasing a multiunit where I will owner occupied. I am trying to figure out how to properly estimate water, sewage, trash and bake them into Rents.  The building is currently under contract an...

Hi everyone, I am looking to buy my first property in North New Jersey area. A lot of the houses in further North New Jersey are cheaper but usually they have septic and well water. Would you buy a house with those? d...

Just picked up an 8000sqft building in Western mass (7 apartment, 1 commercial space) that is heated by oil and paid for by the landlord.  My partner and I are looking at creating a dual fuel system, where heat pumps ...

We are trying to purchase an apartment building right now but the problem is the hydro costs. The property was built in the 60's in 3 phases and according to the owner there is a possibility to change the electric hea...

I am planning on installing an in ground sprinkler system at my duplex because as of right now, if I do not go and water it using hoses and sprinkler attachments, the lawn does not get enough water and will get burnt....

I am investigating the best way to submeter the water utility at a duplex. Assume minor modifications to the plumbing as the plumbing is essentially separate. From what I understand Wisconsin allows landlords to subme...

My out-of-state agent tells me this is normal for the neighborhood but I see iron staining all over the tubs and toilet and can't imaging a tenant being okay with this.  
Questions:
Have your tenants been okay with ...

hello, we moved into our newly built home in November 2022. we’ve had our sump pump running every day and water coming out every minute of every day. we had the builders come out and they decided to run a pipe to the ...

I'm running numbers on a four plex.   The water bill seems high.  What can you do to save water / money?  What is the process of getting seperate meters for each unit?  Are there other ways to split the bill ?  

Hello,My apologies if this topic is covered elsewhere. If so, feel free to point me to it. We are about to acquire a 10+ unit multi-family residential building in Chicago built c. 1970, and are exploring options for u...