Nick Causa
Saving on Renos by DIY
Other than painting, what would everyone say is a reno step that can be learned/done somewhat easily. Im seeing the savings benefit of DIYing certain things and heard that things like tiling is pretty easy to learn. A...
Colleen F.
HW baseboard heating, smokey burner,and cleaning is this fair?
SF unit with hot water baseboard. Tenant calls saying the oil burner off the kitchen started smoking up kitchen/dining area. Turned off the furnace and accelerated the furnace cleaning by 1 week. Furnace was fine, ma...
John McAllister
Base board heater - what type of fitting and best way to replace
What is the above fitting called? I want to replace the fitting with something new like a shark bite. I had a plumber look at it and he didn’t know which was surprising.
Darryn Dunn
Cost to Add Central A/C?
Hello everyone! I haven't posted on this forum in over three years so I apologize in advance if this is the wrong category for this question!I am currently underwriting one of my first residential triplex deals that I...
Ben Hilger
First House Hack Property Furnace and A/C
Hello! First time ever posting on BiggerPockets, very excited to get started on my real estate journey! I just closed on my first house hack property. Currently it has a 30 year old Aquatherm water furnace and air con...
Jeremiah Satterfield
Mysterious gray/wavy patterns appearing all over new blinds
I recently purchased a duplex and bought the cheap China-made vinyl blinds from Lowe's (Project Source). I hung them up in both sides of a duplex. Within 3 days, this gray, splotchy, wavy pattern started appearing on ...
Michael Pilolla
Deposit Deduction Dispute
Hi BiggerPockets Peeps,I recently sent my previous tenant his deposit back after deducting a substantial amount for damage, repairs, and an excessive amount of cleaning the house needed. I sent the check on 8/25/2022 ...
Julio Cardenas
Mini split system for my rental property???
Hi I'm in a situation regarding mini split system. I Just bought my first rental property, it is 3 flat in a Chicago suburb. I currently have baseboard heater heating and have to pay the entire gas bill my self becaus...
Ross Stegall
Hot Water Radiator - Valve Replacement
Hey BP Community,I'm hoping replace some valves on old hot water radiators this summer once the system is drained. A little background:1) My condo was built in 1952, I don't know how old the radiators are but assume t...
Marci Stein
Taking care of heating system
To date , I’ve made sure furnace
filters and hot water heaters are
serviced regularly in my 7
SF rentals.
However, lately I’ve met several
owners who put that
responsibility/ cost on the tenants.
How com...