Could anyone make a referral to lawyer specializing in home contractor disputes in the New York City area? Or have any ideas on how do deal with a contractor who has become unresponsive to my requests for receipts, it...
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I am from MI and am signed up through Consumers Energy's " landlord notification" , that meaning if my tenant ever is getting ready for a shut off I will get notified. Well I got notified today. She has 1 week to pay ...
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I just heard from my neighbors that the tenant has no electricity and is having some issues with power company so he is living without electricity and is also planning to move out. Additionally there is an awful smell...
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Yesterday my tenant texted me to tell me that she didn't want to turn on the central heat so she plugged in a space heater. When she did this tripped the lights. She flipped the breaker and the lights came back on bu...
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How do you handle checking the house before you buy it if the utilities are off ? lets say you spot a deal on the block but there is no running water, gas is shut off, electricity is off …there is no way you can ch...
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I've got a 600 sq ft, 2 car garage at my house. The end goal is to make it a liveable unit on paper with permits, but that's a few years down the road.Right now the goal is to turn it into a home office, so what steps...
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Greetings fellow BP'ers
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I am going to document my next project BRRR 3.0
The house is on the West Side of Jacksonville in 32210. It was in a tree accident. By that I mean a tree fell on t...
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Hi BP!My fiancé and I currently have a 3 family in Albany,NY under contract and just recently had the inspection done. Based on the report the property has some minor defects and I would say 2/3 of what we saw we like...
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Looking at a 32 unit deal in Milwaukee. However, the heating bill is 33K/year. They are newer, but it definitely hurts the investment. It has been sitting for a bit, and I think that number has been their big obstacle...
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So the tenant of one of my duplexes called me saying there was a giant hole in his kitchen ceiling. I drove over there and sure enough, he wasn't making it up. Apparently, the electric company I used to rewire the u...