Andy Collins
When The Maintenance "Gremlins" Hit, They Really Hit!
I have 5 rentals that I have owned for several years now, all 'cash cows' throwing off money, with few maintenance problems.Since Christmas, I have had to replace the water heaters in 3 houses, had the blower motor an...
Craig March
House not winterized properly after inspection. Who pays repair?
Purchased an investor owned property. They had it dewinterized for our HUD inspection for a renovation mortgage. All plumbing worked without issue They had it rewinteized on 12/11/18 a week after our inspection. We d...
Brent Van Beusekom
Inspection Problem Advice
Hi everyone! I'm looking at buying my first property, and I found a great duplex with really good cashflow (at least $800/month). However, after the inspection came back there were a number of problems. Some of them w...
Alex Geesey
Cost of having water metered separately
Hi Everyone!I understand this will be dependent on my area, but I was wondering what you paid to have the water metered separately?Also, who would I reach out to about having the water metered separately?I'm working t...
Peter Fokas
Purchasing MF - need advice on next steps
Looking to purchase a 6 family building. Inspection came back with a bunch of issues. Whats is best strategy in getting these addressed? Request seller to fix or negotiate credit adjustments to price?
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Eron A.
Recovering underground basement pipes without concrete?
When busting up concrete in a basement to lay plumbing pipes underground, would it make sense to NOT cover those pipes up with concrete, but instead use something like this? And then use a plastic easy to remove cover...
Kevin Branin
Code Inspector wants a standing water test
I had the code inspector out to approve the rough work prior to closing the walls. He’s mandating my plumber to do a standing water test. Plumber has never done one before. The sanitary system needs to be filled al...
Bienes Raices
Can these cabinets be saved?
The base of the cabinets is wet (possibly from a pinhole leak in the water line to the refrigerator, behind the wall). But as you can see the cabinets themselves appear to be in good condition. The inspector recommend...
Lisa M.
Handyman Recourse for Damages
I had a handyman put a fence up in the backyard of one of my rentals. While installing the fence, he hit the main drain to the point where I needed to replace it. Do I have any recourse? He was a recommendation and is...
Peter Anderson
Flo By Moen saved my tail
We’ve been having pretty wide temperature swings in CT the past few days. Woke up to 4 degrees this morning and a high of 45 is forecast overnight tonight. We picked up a duplex in 2019 with some poorly routed plumbin...