Hey BP Members,Recently I was discussing my thoughts about real estate investing with a friend of mine and she suggested that I should set up a trust account.  I don't even have a property yet so why would I set up a ...

My tenant called me a month ago to complain that he has burned up three TVs and he thought the electrical in the house was faulty. I tested the outlet and it was around 119 to 120. I put in a new outlet and told him...

My local power company will give me a free electric water heater if I switch over from gas. It will still cost me about $250-$300 for additional parts and for the electrician and plumber to hook it up.

The c...

Hello - I have an out of state 2 unit rental property that cash flows but could be way better if I can figure out the best way to pass all expenses to tenants. Right now they only pay electricity and I am paying water...

I will be house hacking at University in Canada and wanted to know if I should pay for all the bills( gas, electric, water, garbage) or have them pay some other way. The tenants will be people I pick and would be frie...

Greetings - I'm in the middle of refinancing my primary residence. The home has a wood fireplace in the basement, and electric radiant heat upstairs. However my appraiser listed the home as needing a "Primary heat sou...

I have a fully furnished condo where everything is included and a typical electricity bill for the month is $40 for the winter.  The tenant I have in there has it up to $140 this month.  I have let her know the power ...

I know there are mixed opinions about home warranties for rental properties. However, most of them seem to be based on the experiences people have had with bad home warranty companies (i.e, non-responsive, they deny a...

HI There, We are looking at using solar for our vacation rental. Power would have to be ran and the cost is pretty high. JUst didnt know how to size aa system..

Does anyone own a large-ish house with window A/C units? 2 questions: 1) Is your power bill super expensive compared to central A/C?, 2) anyone tried to use a "window A/C wifi controller" / "window A/C wifi adapter" t...