I have a 3 story 3 fam with separate utilities and the 2nd floor boiler need replacement in the near future.. Its stamped 1981, and there are burn marks on the outside of it.. The tenants are seeing high gas bills...

I recently purchased a 2 unit property where heat in hot water are not metered individually. Each unit is roughly 1000 ft.² and recently insulated with blown in in the walls and in the attic the previous owner spent a...

Hello BP Community,

I have an interesting scenario to throw at you.

A tenant moved in on the 28th of April, and there was an issue with the HVAC system.

The lease did not start until April 30 at noon (I let the...

Hello folks. I'm new to BP and I'm currently researching the purchase and rehab of my first multy-family property. I was discussing offsetting utility expenses with a friend tonight, and he suggested that I consider i...

Hi, I am in the process of buying my first house ever that I am going to live in 1 year then rent out. Ive been under contract since August (going on 4 months now), the seller had to reapir the hot water tank and reme...

I've been buying the 9 year water heaters lately from Home Depot and have been thinking about purchasing the 12 year heaters from now on but is there really that much of a difference between a 6 year and a 12 year oth...

I recently purchased a two family and will house hack in it.  I am moved in, but will be doing some work to the rental unit before I will advertise it for tenants.  Currently, the rental unit is empty so I just shut o...

We are looking for deals, but the question comes: should tenants pay for utilities: mainly electric & heating oil or would you have the expenses calculated in the monthly rent? We bounced this back an forth but ne...

Hi! I'm looking at a quad which rents $750 each. Currently, the landlord pays the water/sewer which I think will cost around $50/unit/month. My realtor (who is also an investor and a property manager) says I can sub-m...

Just found out that the studio behind my main house property doesn't have access to hot water since the only water heater on the property is in the main house, and it's too far away from the studio to actually work. D...