With this recent cold snap, we've experienced a frozen pipe in one of the zones in our boiler that serves a 4 unit building we just closed on in August. There is a zone for each apartment. We have been heating the apa...

Hello I need help I was owner-occupied 2 family house for 15 years now moving and want to rent my old apartment.  apartment # 2 pays their own cooking gas I always covered the heat and hot water being that I controlle...

Hi all,
About a year ago we purchased a 2 story 2000 sq house in Garland, Tx as a rental. Got a great price but put about 25-30K in upgrades including new A/C, water heater and appliances. The house is all electric an...

We have found a vacant lot that we have mailed the owner to offer to purchase.  It appears that there was a fire and the foundation remains. Has anyone ever purchased a property like this? I'm assuming you would need ...

Landlords, do you find it to be more difficult to find tenants if your property has oil heating?

Tenants, is that a turn off for you when looking for a rental property?

In the Boston area. Thanks!

I have a rental unit that is overdue for a new furnace. The old one runs on oil and heats the house and the hot water.

It seems like high oil prices are here to stay. I could replace it with a natural gas one, but ...

Any Milwaukee landlords have an idea the cost range of running furnace ductwork to an upper flat?I ask because today I saw something I've never seen before - a duplex with only one furnace, and the upper was heated by...

I currently owner occupy a 2 unit.  With winter being here, I plan to insulate the water lines. The question is do I go ahead and insulate the tenants lines on "my" dime, or ask would they want their lines done and pa...

Hello everyone,I am new to real estate and myself and father are new landlords also. We purchased a nice triplex and I am a bit concerned about having to pay for heat and hot water. At some point we will figure someth...

Finally found a tenant who pays her rent on time, but now she wants to move out when lease is up due to  heating cost. It's her first winter there and propane heat costs 2 tanks a month ($230 a tank).  there is also e...