Peter Fokas
Converting rental units to have their own separate utilities (heat)
Looking to get a better assessment of the costs separating utilities so that each renter is responsible to pay their own heat. I know this question depends on a lot of variables so cannot give one specific answer so ...
Drew Denham
Michigan flip now has inch of water in the basement
Hi all, I've had my flip for sale for about 45 days now and after the thaw of the snow I see half of the basement has 1 inch of water. What I have done thus far:1) added down spout extenders around the house2) built t...
Lisa Grey
Cost for New Sewer and Water Line
Any idea of what it should cost for a new construction home to have water and sewer ran from city main to home? Need a contractor. Quotes so far are very high.
Ryan Dossey
$50,000 + in Damage is a HUGE Win!
Want to learn how 15 seconds could save you $50,000? (Man Doesn't that sound like Geico) Keep reading! So we bought a home in Lawrence Indiana that was tenant occupied at close. Now if you're buying direct to seller y...
Eric Rodriguez
Inspection revealed some interesting things..
Good morning, We recently got an accepted offer on a two family investment property and proceeded with our inspection the other night. During the inspection we found a few issues. Most significantly, the septic was no...
Harman N.
25 year old furnaces, water heaters: replace upfront or let fail?
Hi all,I bought a 4-plex a couple of weeks ago. Three of the four furnaces are 25+ years old, and three of the four water heaters are super old as well (18, 24, and 25 years). It's in a rough but rapidly gentrifying n...
Bobby Gerry
Replace those compression valves with 1/4 turn angle valves!
Pretty much any house you walk into in America has compression shutoff valves at the water line hookups under every sink and behind every toilet in the house. These compression valves where never designed to last. The...
Gulliver R.
Park owned homes and billing water bills
Hello BP,
So I have a park with 36 lots. 23 are park owned homes. 11 are tenant owned. 2 vacant lots. I’m going to be installing water sub meters so I can bill back the water to the tenants. Most likely soon.
Do yo...
Bienes Raices
Water bill liens
I found out that unpaid water bills in my county are lienable.
To prevent something like this from ever happening, would it be a better strategy to: 1) have tenant put water in their name, check monthly whether the a...
Steve Logan
Tankless Water Heaters
Hi all,One of my rentals has an old tank heater which I am looking to replace with a tankless model as its quite a small place. Does anyone here have experience with these units or any recommendations?Thanks