We've owned a building for about 3 years in the city. We just received our water bill for said building last week. We called the useless water dept, and they sent someone out. The water meter is going out of control, ...

Working on a rehab to the studs if a 2 family in a high end tourist destination. The current heating system is natural gas with old cast iron hydronic radiators.  I can easily add ducts since the ceilings and walls ha...

Can someone help me in With this problem? This sounds really gross but, I have a rat infestation!!! If anyone is familiar or has had similar problems, I would be grateful :)

There seems to be a severe rat infestatio...

I'm beginning my first rehab in inner city Baltimore.  I've read a lot of very useful information about shoring up rentals pre-tenant occupancy and during turnovers.  I'd LOVE to hear what very specific fixtures peopl...

Hi all, my wife and I, after many years of analyzing, finally purchased an 4 unit apartment in western NY. Now that we are deep into the winter months we have noticed our heating bill (gas) continue to go up, our late...

Hi All, just read this article about water resources being depleted for Las Vegas.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hoover-dams-lake-mead-hits-lowest-water-level-1930s-180978022/
Declining water levels ha...

I have two identical 6-unit buildings on the same lot, but they get separate utility bills. One of the units consistantly gets water bills more than double the other building.  I found that the Kansas City Water Dept...

3 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath single family row home. 1120 sq ft. New roof, carpeting, painting, sinks, lighting fixtures. New refrigerator; old range/oven, clothes dryer, washing machine, garage, plus ADT security service prov...

As I am sure most people are aware, we just went through some of the coldest days in Chicago's history. Many people had pipes burst and as I walked out of Home Depot this morning, everyone had pipe insulation, new cop...

A while ago on the podcast (can't remember which episode) I remember one of the guests talking about how they were able to sub meter the water for a multi unit building by using some type of device that can read the w...