I'm buying a duplex. First purchase. There's what I assume to be steam baseboard heating all throughout. There are 3 units. Unit 1 is on floor 2, Unit 2 is on floor 3 and 4. The extra third unit is unpermitted and sit...

What do you think to buy a four family house with 1 boiler heater? I am thinking of the risks and cons are:1) more utilities cost as landlord should pay for the heat2) if the heat doesn’t work in winter, the entire ho...

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I am currently under contract for a 1960's era home in Jersey City.  The home has a central Oil-Fired furnace which provides both heat and hot water to all three units. The current owner has agreed to remove the...

i am looking for a recommendation for an AC system to cool small 2/1 apartments.  I want to install a system to replace the ones in the attic as they reach the end of their usable life. Here's some background.  This a...

Was looking at cadet heaters that had thermostat controls and are efficient. I have always liked the idea of just heating one small space as opposed to heating the whole house when it is very cold outside. This would ...

Last month, I wrote an article about the big, ugly purple triplex I bought recently.

We've been working the past month to get it rent-ready, with some new paint and various small repairs. Being the hol...

Hi everyone, my wife and I are currently working on a live in flip. We are doing really well on keeping cost down however we have come to a point where we need to make a decision on heat. At the moment we have small e...

Good afternoon and happy NEW YEAR,Recently purchased a Brick duplex (3bd,1.5ba & 2bd, 1ba) for $29k  approx one hour north of Indianapolis, Indiana and I am very satisfied with the deal. My experience entails of m...

Looking to be a shadow with an investor/s, learn the ropes. I'm an experienced painter looking to learn the real estate game, mainly buy and hold.

I have a property that has 3/4 units heat turned on. Unfortunately, a tenant left and didn’t pay his electric bill. The soonest the electric company can come out and turn on heat to the unit is 8 days from today. The ...