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I've got a young couple living in a SFH built in the 1940s. Many of the walls in the house are masonry, so replacing plumbing is prohibitive. The bathtub has the old style valves—one for hot and one for cold, and t...
Hello,The weather outside my rental unit is 61F and my tenant has already started running his centralized AC perhaps he thinks we have already hit the summer. Is this normal? I am bit worried there may be adverse effe...
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Hi, Hopefully posting this to the right forum category.i did an inspection today on a commercial property consisting of 2 office buildings (4 tenants in one building and 1 tenant in the other with one vacancy) and a r...
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We have a nest thermostat,which is awesome because you can limit it to whatever temperature you want. Currently I have it locked so it can go no higher than 73 degrees. In my own home I do not ever set it higher than ...
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A lot of the investing strategy that I see here tends to aim for immediate/ short-term gains. Either with immediate cashflow or quick appreciation in currently booming markets. Cheap midwest states offer cashflow. TX ...
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Hello,I’m looking for a cellular monitoring system for vacant properties to get alerts if temps drop below a certain temperature. I have some vacant properties in the northeast under various stages of rehab that can b...
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Question. This is my first rental. I've rehabbed and installed a new central AC. It is having trouble keeping up with the gulf coast heat. I had it checked out and it is operating normally. I added attic insulation bu...
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We recently had a furnace break two weeks ago and the renter is demanding a refund. The night we were notified, we examined it found some loose connections and got it running again. The next day it broke again we de...
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I am really interested in the Nest thermostat for my two unit property as I pay the heat, however the property does not have wifi so I wouldn't be able to access it from my phone. Is it worth it to get some sort of wi...
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Hello, I have been doing quite a bit of research on getting started, and I keep running in to this question in my head. How do I decide what my criteria is going to be? Is this a personal decision or is it dictated by...