Anyone have any suggestions on helping reduce our natural gas utility bill. We use gas for hot water heaters and heating our units in our 10 plex. We are considering adding more insulation and switching tenants over f...

Im looking at an older property to buy in my area. The unit uses oil heat which I am not thrilled about but its not a deal killer for me. But no central air means I need some sort of AC in the house during the summ...

My wife and I recently purchased a three-flat in Berwyn and are house hacking for at least the next year. The property has a single furnace, so we cover gas and heat for all three units (which can get pricey in Chicag...

The hot season is coming and it's time to get the evaporative coolers (swamp coolers) ready for summer.  Evaporative coolers function by sucking the hot dry air through filter pads of aspen or plastic mesh that are sa...

Yesterday my tenants AC broke. They needed to spend the night in a hotel room because the AC repairman couldn’t make it until the next morning at 11am. I’ve been researching the requirement about whether I need to r...

Hi everyone Happy Independence day (almost)!
I wanted to get your thoughts around heating situation that I am facing for my Basement at my 4Plex multi-unit property.
I recently installed electric base board heaters...

Hi all, I recently closed on my first rental property - a 3/2/2 SFH in the greater Houston area. There are ceiling fans in all the bedrooms. They're in pretty bad shape. If I want the house to have the fans, I'd have ...

Hello all,

So I am looking to buy this duplex and I noticed that it has two separate gas meters, but only one boiler. I called the gas company to find out about what all I need to do to separate the utilities and thi...

Hello everyone! I'm hoping someone here can give me some insight as to why the top living level of this house became very hot since putting on a new roof barely a week ago.

First, here's the hous...

Hello,My apologies if this topic is covered elsewhere. If so, feel free to point me to it. We are about to acquire a 10+ unit multi-family residential building in Chicago built c. 1970, and are exploring options for u...