Hi, I'm in the midst of renovating a ~5500 sq ft commercial building and converting it to a ~6000 sq ft multi-family residential. It'll have 6 resi rental units + 1 ground-level commercial space. The building currentl...

Hey team!! I have a few questions about heating.1) I live in Massachusetts and only deal within MA and wanted to know when should one replace a boiler responsible for the radiator heating? Is there a rule of thumb in ...

A property I am interested in buying currently has the landlord pay for water, gas, and sewage, while the tenets pay for electricity.  The property uses an oil furnace for heating.  How expensive would it be to discon...

Hi BP I am new to real estate investing. I just recently purchase a 2 family unit. I really don't understand how to figure out the numbers. When I use one of those analyzing calculators it's showing me I will be in t...

Does anyone use an after hours answering service? What are the basics of what they offer? Do they field calls and decide when to call the 24 hour maintenance guy? I imagine they dont have to be local- maybe they need ...

Hey all,Quick deal analysis question. Looking at a quadplex for 125,900 (sellers lowest price- started at 160k, tax value has bounced between  145k and 160k over the past 5 years). There is a 5th unit that can be remo...

Hello All hopefully this is an easy one to answer. I did some searching but couldn’t find the answer so I’m putting it out there. I had a tenant move out in September 2019 and I did not go in to make it rent ready unt...

Hi BP,I own an upper/lower duplex. I'm converting it into a triplex by finishing part of the basement into a studio flat. The basement flat is a small space, only about 300 sqft. There is one furnace so the heating is...

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I was wondering about your experiences with controlled thermostats -- there seems to be so many choices -- ones that are actually hard set, like 71 degrees or 73, then units that are both programmable or not bu...

I have a deal closing the end of October for a 4 bedroom house. House rentals usually go for around $1100-1400 in my area but rooms rent for around $450-550. The things that makes me weary about renting rooms is that ...