Joseph W Lennon
Common Energy and lower utility bills?
Does anyone have experience with a company called Common Energy, or a company offering a similar service? They market that if you sign up for their clean energy service your bills will come from them and not from the ...
Markeilsha R.
Grants for rehabs
I had a home out in a land trust next door to my house. There were a slew of investors there looking at it for days, and one mentioned that there were all sorts of resources and grants for rehabbing homes. Does anyo...
Shardae Robinson
Advice/Experience on Handling Rental Utilities from Afar
How have long distance investors and/or landlords gone about handling the initiation and switching of utilities for newly acquired and/or vacated units?? Most utility companies seem to require at least one in-person v...
Daniel Hyman
Due Diligence on Utilities
Hi All,For our SFR in Pennsylvania, we ran the numbers according the wholesaler. It turned out that the water and sewer bill was 3 times the amount budgeted. Cash flow killer.When going through the due diligence on a ...
Billy Daniel
Transferring Utilities to Tenants after purchasing
I am considering buying a small duplex on a commercial loan. The combined rent is $900 and both tenants are in place until the end of the year. One unit is 1 bed/1 Bath and the other is a studio apartment. Currentl...
Patrick Parker
Electrical Lines not attached to home
There is a vacant home I am working to located the owner to see if they would like to sell. I believe would be a perfect BRRRR opportunity. That said the electrical line running from the utility pole to the house is n...
Ulysses Sanchez
New guy from Newburgh, NY
I am focused on purchasing my grandfather's two family home and making three units with the basement. My biggest concern is the units do not have there own light or heat, what steps do I make this happen?
Curtis M.
Hud utility activation costs??
Anyone know around the total cost it typically costs the buyer to have the lights and water activated through hud for an inspection? Assumeing the property has to be dewinterized also
Margaret Blanton
$86,000 water bill from the city...account was in tenant's name
I live in Atlanta where they can put a lien on your property for the water bill. However, I didn't think I would be responsible if the account was in the tenant's name. Tenant left and never notified me. I just found ...
Sharad M.
Diary of a Rental Property
Hello all,
After reading @J Scott very inspiring Diary of a New Construction, I thought it would be a good idea to start a Diary of a Rental Property to document the process I go through in my area to ge...