Victor San Gil
Utilities - What would you do?
Hi all,I have 28 units all with separately metered utilities. In our area it's just electric and water (we don't have gas, sewer, etc). Currently when a tenant moves in, we have them transfer the utilities to their na...
Jason Kim
Heating furnace undisclosed information in home purchase
We recently purchased a home and one of the larger issues we came across is that we believe the seller had used their own hvac workers to 'repair' our furnace to get it into 'operating' standards. However, we had a ...
Robyn J.
Dayton Ohio - short term electric supplier
I'm taking a rental back for a couple of months while we take care of updating. Need recommended electric company for City of Dayton.Had Dayton Power & Light once before. They were fine. But I realize now Dayton h...
Kyle Tu
Denied because bank doesn’t like owner of my company
I’m trying to buy a property right now. My bank came back and says that because they don’t like who owns the company I work at, they don’t want to lend to me. Can a bank decline my loan because they don’t like the own...
Jack Perfett
Electric Meters switched?
Hello BP. I currently own a duplex that has separate electric meters for each unit. My unit in which I am living in is a one bedroom one bathroom apt. The other unit us a 3 bed 1 bath apt. with 3 people living in it. ...
Ken Wang
Silly question about starting oil heating system
Dear All, I have a quick question regarding oil heating system. I bought an old row house in Baltimore city. It has about 12 years old , oil heating system. I never used it before. I have full oil tank. To start, d...
Jean Castillo
Runoff utility question... who is responsible?
Good Evening ALCON,County has brought up to attention a water issue at one of our properties. My partner and I took possession of the property late October 2020 and water utility company just went up today (JAN 6, 202...
Michael Doughty
home owners insurance going up 93%
I just received a letter from farmers insurance saying my primary homeowner's insurance would increase by 93%. there reason was - 8% cost of living, 3% agent commissions and 82% for industry factors.? it is not the...
Matt F.
Home Owners Insurance from "no-name" insurance companies
Hi everyone,I have a policy with State Farm on homeowners for one of my rentals, the price is $1400 and most other companies ive quoted (all state, travelers) are around 1200 (so basically the same).I also got a quote...
Brandon Parkes
URGENT - HELP. Need PRO feedback on this management question.
Hey BP crew. Brandon from Toronto here. I have a couple of properties in Canada and last year, opened an LLC and purchased a duplex in Detroit. For obvious reasons, I employed the use of a management company and have ...