David Santore
Water Heater & Furnace without a Tenant - OK to shut off?
I recently purchased a two family and will house hack in it. I am moved in, but will be doing some work to the rental unit before I will advertise it for tenants. Currently, the rental unit is empty so I just shut o...
Emily Dixon
Reminder on maintenance
Just a friendly reminder to you property owners out on BP.
We americans are adamant about taking our cars in for service and oil changes on time. Often our houses are much more expensive then our cars yet we neglect m...
John Underwood
Energy saving for cabin in Pigeon Forge.
Have you installed any energy savings devices in your STR properties?We have a 4400 sq ft 6 bedroom cabin that just had an $800 electric bill.We have 2 HVAC systems and an inline dehumidifier. These run alot in the su...
David New
Flooring Question For Rental
I spoke with a home depot rep today about replacing floors in a rental that I am about to rehab. I was quoted $2.50 sq/ft for their lower end trafficmaster material and install. He recommended me go this route but tol...
James Marszalek
Self Sufficient Living in a Solar Geodesic Dome
I found the link and video below to be very cool. Although we aren't that close to the arctic circle in most parts of the US, the core idea still applies. This family built the home by themselves with the help of fami...
Eugene L.
Phoenix ac or electricity power outage repair expectations
I had two issues reported over Labor Day weekend -
1. Tenant reported ac was blowing hot air at 10:30PM and I scheduled a technician 1st thing in the morning and they arrived in late afternoon to diagnose and repair....
Carolyn Ward
Tenant paid water bill and leak
In this city the water/sewer/trash bill if unpaid can create a lien on the property. At one property we manage, the irrigation system sprang a leak underground that went unseen by both the tenant and the yard mainten...
Haiyang A.
A ranch house with no access to public utilities
I'm looking at a 2 bedroom 1 bath ranch house that has no public water (using Cistern), no public sewer (septic), and no natural gas (heating using propane gas), and has no central cooling. Next to the house is a newe...
Peter Morgan
Tenant running AC at 61F outside temperature
Hello,The weather outside my rental unit is 61F and my tenant has already started running his centralized AC perhaps he thinks we have already hit the summer. Is this normal? I am bit worried there may be adverse effe...
Michael Ernst
Top / Bottom duplex rental agreement suggestions / advice?
Anyone have any experience with renting out a top/bottom duplex to 2 different tenants?I'm looking for some help with the following questions to put into an agreement:How to deal with excess noise from either tenant w...