Jim Sestito
Greenest House on Biggerpockets
Who has a GREEN rental? Or did a GREEN flip? Lets open up a discussion to brag or boast your energy efficient home. Why + when did you make you place green? Did you see a ROI with your tenant quality and or sale p...
Michael Mayers
Smart Home Device Recommendations
I just purchased my first Short Term rental and am looking into Smart Home Devices. (Keypad lock, thermostat, etc) I have ring at my own personal home, I know of another Host who uses Google Nest. I was curious on any...
Jim P.
New England vacancy in the winter -utilities draining my bank
Emergency! Winter Is now here and I have 3 vacancies,,loss cash flow $3500 plus oil/ utilities — I could use some advice to fix my problem now...don’t know how to get though this very tough patch .I won’t be able ...
Fernando Domingo
tenant says AC not cooling house enough and upstairs hot
Hi BP community!
I purchased a house in metro Detroit, MI area that was unoccupied.
The house rented in May and now it's July and and the tenants are complaining that the AC doesn't cool the house enough. At first ...
Michelle T.
Change furnace or not
I have a Bryant furnace roughly 40 yrs old, still working but sometimes it does not stop thru the thermostat control. I have to turn off thru the emergency switch. Should I replace it? If yes, any vendor in New Jersey...
Justin Brickman
Solar panels for short term rentals
Due to extremely high energy bills in my short term rentals in Texas, I've been starting to think more and more about investing in solar panels and taking advantage of the tax incentives My energy bills have been $400...
Ryan Poortinga
How do you monitor your properties?
Is there an app that can monitor the health of all of your systems (HVAC, security system, pools, etc.) regardless of manufacturer or location onto one dashboard and sends you alerts when equipment fails? Or, predicts...
Katrina P.
furnace efficiency
Hi All,I have to buy a new furnace for one of my rentals. What efficiency is everyone buying? 80%? 95%? 96%?
Eve W.
Tenant want to install security system, should I allow it?
The tenants want to install security system with smart thermostat adapter and one main keypad? How should I handle this?
Should I say yes under the condition that the system needs to stay when the tenants move out?
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Paul Sandhu
Rainwater gets into cellar
This is the nicest of my 23 STRs. Built in 1911. Rainwater gets into the cellar. The gas hot water heater and the gas central heat unit are in the cellar. There is a 110v sump pump down there. It has failed from:...