Hi All- I am gut renovating/expanding a 2300 square foot 2 family house into a 4100 sq. ft.  four family building.Trying to decide which hot water system to install in each unit.  I am probably using heat pump systems...

After dabbling in smaller projects this one is my best one yet. At first it was going to be purchased and used as a rental, but after looking at the numbers and the way the market was going I figured to list it and se...

I found a FSBO house in the upper class neighborhood 5,400 sqft 4 bed 3 bath, been trying to sell since mayThe neighborhood houses range from 450 - 550He is selling 400, he has pics, it looks out datedHave not analyze...

We have a current remodel underway for a property we'd acquired on south side of Chicago (suburb). Long story short, received an electrical bill for $232 for month of July. (acquired in June, and bill was $40). Contra...

Two years ago I bought a completely renovated historic 8 unit loft style building in Massachusetts. The building was mismanaged by a local (crooked) property management company that loaded the building with a group of...

Hi all and thanks BP for all the HELOC posts and answers.Hopefully this will contribute for others coming in just like I did with no clue how to or what to do.After calling around to nearly all the local banks, it's a...

For those of you who work with a property manager and hold properties in separate entities -- do you have a separate property management agreement for each entity? Or, do you have one property management agreement tha...

Just wanted to post a brief success story that hopefully will help someone else out. I purchased a foreclosed home with my brother last year for $52k that needed just about everything. We went in as partners and that ...

Looking for an update on: anyone uses VoIP for phone service. If so, how is the service? Any thoughts? Advantages/Disadvantages?

Hello, My wife and I just purchased our first single family to rent and we were wondering if we should by used appliances or new ones?