Dean Thiel
Tenant conflict with water lateral line replacement.
The city is replacing the main water line at one of our single family rentals. We have the option of paying the full cost of replacing the lateral line from the new water main to our house for $1700 while the city is ...
Rowdy B.
FHA arsenic treatment - point of use or whole house?
I own a property in Pinal County, Arizona which has a well with water tested at 0.028 mg/L (28 PPB) arsenic. I have just built four manufactured homes which will be sharing water from the well. I believe more than 5...
Sosina M.
Water proofing a basement- is it a deal breaker?
I am in the process of buying either a duplex or a single family house with a finished basement. I found this beautiful, fairly recently renovated single family house with a "finished basement" . But on inspection, we...
Daniel Suarez
House Flooding responsibilities
I purchased a new home recently in Baltimore and placed a tenant. There was a huge storm yesterday and the entire basement and main floor are flooded because the house doesn't have a sub pump. We brought a plumber to ...
Bobby Gerry
Replace those compression valves with 1/4 turn angle valves!
Pretty much any house you walk into in America has compression shutoff valves at the water line hookups under every sink and behind every toilet in the house. These compression valves where never designed to last. The...
Robert Mirman
Splitting Utility Bill Between Units
I have a property with two buildings on one lot, one is a 4BR, the other a studio. Both buildings have their own electric meter, but share water. I pay the water bill which averages $104 a month.There are cheap water...
Patrick Ma
Heat, Water, Sewage RUBS in West New York, NJ
Hi BP Community, Need your advice on the best approach here on implementing Ratio Utility Billing in my 3 family property in West New York, NJ. The building has a single furnace as well as water meter. Upon signing ...
Account Closed
Water, water everywhere....
Hello again,My question this time is- if water quality should be an issue when investing in property? The reason I'm asking is that I have read that in Adrian, MI they have a problem with the water. I know that in ...
Mary Jay
Close to beach properties
Hi guys,1) What do you think, is a 2 floor building better structurally to survive during a hurricane or a one floor building?I feel like it would be a one floor building, right?2) Would you buy a property within 10-2...
Robert Kohnfelder
PGH2O water/sewage bills - landlord's responsibility or tenant's?
I have a SFH property here in Pittsburgh that will be finished with work and ready for rent in the next few weeks, and I'm wondering about the water bill (PGH2O to be specific). First off, I also own a duplex which do...