I have made a major newbie mistake. I presently live in a condo for the past 17 years. In 2013 I purchased a 2-family that needed some major work. Over the past year I replaced the roof and updated the electrical so n...

Our current process is to send a lease agreement via Docusign then follow up with adding our tenants to Rent-Redi, but we have noticed some tenants take days/weeks to sign. We assumed Docusign would be the most effici...

Hello BP community, a 2bd 1bth i have is needed of new heat system. It currently has an old school wall unit heater that is rusted and needs to be replaced. My question, is it less expensive to install 2 new wall unit...

I've been playing with the idea of installing tankless water heaters in apartments. But I suspect tankless water heaters require more care in usage and maintenance than regular tank water heaters. Since tenants vary g...

Hi All! Brand new here and am loving reading all the posts and answers. Figured it's about time to start my own because after about six weeks of Bigger Pockets webinars and research I have a lot of questions.Immediate...

Hi MTR investors and property managers,
What are best practices and innovative solutions for the 2 subjects below:
Utilities
1. During periods of tenancy who should have the utilities in their name, landlord or ten...

I recently bought a duplex with some fairly expensive deferred maintenance issues. None of the issues are of an immediate nature and I purchased knowing these projects needed to be done within 5 years. I'd like t...

I'm considering having ductless mini split AC installed in my 4br2ba SFR (house hacking primary residence).

I live in SoCal and although it doesn't get extremely hot at the house, there are definitely a lot of times ...

Years ago another landlord told me he kept one of those stand up infrared room heaters around to keep a tenant happy until his furnace guy could get there to fix the problem if a furnace went out.Last night, while all...

I had a tenant for 5.5 years who just moved out, and it is my first time turning over a property. I spent several days repainting (lots of holes, marks, etc), cleaning, steam cleaning the carpet - am not planning ...