Hello again.I'll try and keep this short because... it's long.My HOA owns a retention pond behind my house. There is a drain right behind my culdesac (sp?) that drains into the river/creek on the other side of our nei...

Hi all.  Newbie here.  I noticed Brandon Turner often mentions his tenants pay all the utilities in his rentals.  That was a new concept to me, since every apartment I had ever lived in the landlord paid water/sewer/t...

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My husband and I own a 4-unit building...2 units on the second floor, and 2 on the lower level...I guess you could call them "garden" apartments. Due to the record rainfall over the pa...

TOTAL Rookie here.  I've run a few properties through the rental calculator in my area (Northern VA/metro DC) and am always getting a negative CoC ROI and negative cash flow.  So, I jumped around on Realtor.com and gr...

Here is a fun project. The property was receiving a tremendous amount of water.  Adjacent north and south properties downspouts were draining into the 34" crawlspace with dirt floor. We addressed water issues, poured ...

Hello, I just bought a newly constructed house 4 months ago and I have a water line leak in my yard right outside the home (which means warranty won’t cover). Come to find out, the builder didn’t have a plumbing permi...

In my 4-plex, the tenants are going to be asked to contribute to the water bill.  Is it best to assign a  cost per unit or per occupant? Alternatively is it better to simply rise the rent? Thanks for your help!

Hello! I currently own a Duplex which I have had for almost 2 years now. It has come to my attention that apartment A has a much higher electric and gas bill than apartment B. Unit A also has far less tenants than Uni...

On the 2nd of January, Our tenant called and said there was a water leak in front grass area of yard that she thought was an irrigation system leak. We instructed her on how to turn off system and requested se let us ...

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I have a couple properties that I am looking at and my main set back is that they’re old builds, around early 1900’s. My question is, other than foundation issues, which they don’t seem to have, what...