Paul Bergagna
Costs to Separate Utilities (electric, gas, water, heat, HW)
Looking for a rough costs to separate utilities in an older multifamily home in the north east. For instance, I'm looking at a 6-unit that is running off a single, electrical, gas, water, hot water source. Just look...
Justin Giroux
Billing Tenants for Heat in a Single Family Home
I'd like to know the best way to deal with heating in a single family home. As a landlord, I get a substantial discount on fuel oil that amounts to $500 per home per year. In multi-families I just include heat with t...
Victor D.
Tenant constantly turns down heat thermostat for the property.
Hey BP crew, I'm looking for a creative solution from any landlords that have had problem tenants in the past. Specifically this situation involves a tenant that will turn down the thermostat to our buildings boiler, ...
Kristina Mullings
Converting oil heat to gas or electric for multifamily
I am going to put an offer in on a multifamily in my area but the only problem I came across is that both units are heated with oil. There is a gas meter available but I am not sure how costly it would be to convert t...
Carlos Pelegrina
seasoned flippers call for help on heating and cooling
I am working on a flip, where the numbers are a little tight, and I will do a really great job to be able to list at the top of what the area will let me.
I need to provide the house with new heating and cooling.
Wh...
Daniel Pitner
Hot Water Crisis: Low water pressure and spotty heat
The house that my wife and I currently live in will be a short term rental within the next few months, however we have one big issue: I can't solve our hot water crisis!
About 6 months ago our water heater worked ver...
Steve S.
Tenant says oven only putting out 250 deg heat
Any suggestions on how to most cost effectively address this issue on an electric stove that's maybe 10 years old, if that?
Tyler Willson
Central Air or Baseboard Heat and Window A/C?
I am not sure if this is the correct forum for this question, but now it is out there. We are doing a big renovation on a house built in 1948 that does not currently have central air. It was heated previously by an oi...
Heather M.
Multi-family home; switching from propane to electric heat?
Looking to purchase a 6-unit multi-family home. Current owner pays for propane heat for the entire property amounting to an additional 9.6k annually. We, of course, would like to switch over to a system where each ten...
Colleen F.
Experience with heat pump water heaters pros and cons
My contractor is suggesting a heat pump water heater for a property where we have a basement that is damp and we run a dehumidifier or an AC all summer. This is instead of a regular tank heater and an on demand heater...