Hi everyone, what are your thoughts on incorporating comprehensive Energy Efficiency upgrades into residential real estate sales and also investment strategies? For example, upgrading all lightbulbs to LEDs, appliance...

Hi everyone. I just found out that an inherited tenant that has been late on rent has been thrown in jail yesterday for home invasion. Apparently he had his brother go to the apartment and take everything that was his...

We are renovating a true duplex, and we are converting the garage into another unit. The place is currently submetered for the two duplexes, and the garage utilities are tied to one of the units. Do you have any advic...

Taxes: Where to manually input a Utility Reimbursement that my Property Manager put in Box 3 (other income) of the 1099-Misc? I’m using TaxAct btw.

I'm new to rentals and looking for my first. I found a multiunit that shares a single electricity box and water/sewer so the owner pays all utilities. Even with charging extra rent to accommodate the costs, it seems l...

Currently the duplex has 1 water meter. If a landlord add sub-meters to each unit, and charge water cost to each tenant, the landlord is still responsible for the water bill if the tenant doesn't pay. Is it ok to take...

Hello BP!I am currently searching for a Buy & Hold property in the Orlando, FL area more specifically the 32826 and the surrounding areas. I am currently looking at properties and I want to make sure my numbers ma...

Hello BP!I have a tenant renting a SFH in California. She has been having trouble recently paying rent on time. When her rent was late this month for the second time in a row, I served her with a 3-Day Notice to Pay o...

Hi All — I’m an out-of-state investor and own a 12-unit MF in the Cleveland area. My building is not separately metered for water/sewer, so I pay those expenses. Does anyone know how common that is (for the owner to h...

Hello BP Nation,I'm in a little bit of paralysis by analysis. I'm only analyzing SFR because I don't have to account for utilities but I know that it would be smart to analyze MFR because that is another option I am c...