I am a tenant in florida. I rented a house under a residential lease about a month ago, When I got my first electric bill I was charged for a commercial electric deposit of $460 and not my usual residential deposit b...

HI!  We own a six unit building in Chicago IL and we are looking into consolidating all to just one electrical account, and installing solar panels.  We would like to meter electrical use for each unit and for the bui...

I just wanted to know the costs of converting a duplex to a single home. In the area I am trying to buy a house a lot of the victorian colonial and craftsman houses have been turned into duplex or more apartments. I w...

Hi guys,
I am buying a developed lot(all the utilities hook-ups are present on the site). The seller who happened to be developer for the land is is telling me, he does not have map locating all the utilities hook-ups...

Hi, I need to do electrical repairs, and my electrician informed that electricity will be off for several hours. How should I inform tenants about it? What's a right message. I am a new landlord, so my questions are v...

I visited a property in Chicago that I am set to close on in a couple of weeks to get some measurements. I walked around to the backyard and discovered an orange power cord going from the outside outlet, under the fen...

I am wondering how much this renovation would cost me ballpark.- 2000 sq ft townhouse in Marina Del Rey (upscale CA beach neighborhood)- Good condition, but cosmetically everything is older- Need to upgrade a powder a...

Hey everyone! Been a long time since my last post. Been working hard. At any rate. I have an opportunity to house hack a deal. Here’s the numbers lmk what you all thinkAsking $245kPurchase $219k3 units total. 2 of whi...

The city where I live in is currently experiencing unprecedented copper theft.  Last year alone (2023) the city spent almost a million dollars on street light repairs (tripled from where it was at in 2021.  At this po...

Hi all,
There's a mobile home for sale in my area, here are the specs:
- Built in 1975
- 2 beds, 1 bath
- Walls, floors, windows (aside from one bedroom) were remodeled in 2015
- No central air but has window AC ...