We have a 15 unit, two story apartment complex that has a flat roof. All the upstairs units are extremely hot during the summer in southern California. We replaced the roof 2 years ago with a white TPO material, which...

Just in the last month, I've had:A slab leak at one property.A rat chew through a PEX line at another property, flooding the house.A crumbled pipe shutting down drainage at another property, requiring a partial repipe...

Hey BP!  I recently moved into my first house hack that I gutted and finished up to move-in with my old roommates.  They've complained about the upstairs bedrooms being hot and minimal air flow.  I currently have a st...

Last summer, I spend more than 1.7K on AC repairs ( adding refrigerant gas, cleaning coil and ducts, and much more) that seems to go nowhere. The AC for my second floor STR is not able to cool the unit during the hot ...

Hey everyone.    I am looking at a multi-family in Connecticut and the top floor unit has a furnace (forced air gas) that is located in the kitchen and right near where the stove is supposed to be located.   Based on ...

I'm looking at bringing an old 4 unit back to life. (2 up, 2 down) The 30 year old forced air furnace in the basement is dead and needs to be replaced. The question is, should I replace it with another single large fu...

Does anyone have experience installing heated pipe tape in units that have already been built and are occupied? Last year when it hit -40F, we had several units with frozen pipes running along exterior walls freeze de...

Hi BP! We just purchased our first rental property and the tenants just moved in a couple of days ago. The HVAC unit is original/very old and will likely stop working within the next year. However it still produces ve...

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 folks,I have a rental unit with a hot air/central AC system installed.  I am looking for a thermostat that I can install where I can set the upper and lower limits of the temperature - perhaps by a passcode.  In ot...