Daniel H.
New England Heating Options
What is your preferred source of heat for your apartments up here in the northeast?
Anyone use electric? Seems the easiest to install but electric bill may be through the roof?
I am currently using gas/gas stoves b...
Eric Peoples
2-way 1031 Exchange experience?
Hello.. This is my first post as i have been just absorbing all of the great info. Does any one have any experience successfully doing two simultaneous bilateral 1031 exchanges? Myself and the seller/buyer will esse...
John Franczyk
Getting rid of the cat smells
I've seen a number of posts on BR about houses that have bad aromas from trash, dead animals, etc., but I haven't found the best advice yet on getting rid of cat smells. Here's the situation:3 BR 1 bath SFR in wester...
David Santore
Thoughts on Electric Heat for Rental?
I'm in MA, and my property has oil. Typical 1900s style 2 family with dumpy - if any- insulation! It's set about 300 feet back from the natural gas line on the street, and it order to bring NG in it'd be $7K to jus r...
Patrick Reagan
Underground oil tanks
Am considering buying a property in New Jersey with an underground oil tank.Stay away?
Naseera Mohamed
Oil tanks
My husband is in the process of buying a house (our first very own ) -a short sale we located, in NJ -seemed a really good deal at 250K in a neighborhood where any house worth buying would be in the mid 300K range....
Elliot B.
Submetering Heat with BTU/Flow/Energy Meters
Hey all,It's winter time and the oil is flowing. This gives me plenty of incentive to find a way to cut some of these heating expenses. Most of the time when the topic of submetering heat is brought up the consensus i...
Michael Johnson
Seeking Open Minded Skeptics
Ladies and gentlemen, I believe I have stumbled across an awesome strategy. Its not magic, its not a miracle. But it seems like an incredible short medium and long term play.
Before I begin there are a lot of very sp...
Ian N.
What's your story of how you started with multi-family units
Hoping to generate a good discussion to learn how people got started with multi-family units, especially in big cities where prices are so high. How did you locate the property and make the deal happen?
Sam Leon
gas prices
This is a bit off topic but as landlords we try to save on gas driving from property to property.Right now gas prices are trending low and may stay that way for a bit or it seems. I found this web site that allows yo...