Does anyone here have experience investing in or putting together oil and natural gas exploration investments?  I have heard that those investments provide sizable tax deductions (e.g. 70-100% of the intangible drilli...

Greetings BP members,

I'm looking to buy-and-hold a rental property (duplex) that has oil heat. However, if I decide to buy it, I plan to convert it to natural gas since there is already a gas line into the ...

Hi everyone,I'm in the process of purchasing a house on short sale.  It is sided with natural cedar shakes.  Here in the damp-ish climate of NJ, the shakes turn an unattractive kind of black after years of weather exp...

This is the topic that first got me interested in Real Estate. I was planning on buying raw land, and it seemed like you could make a killing by layering over several different uses, including leasing hunting rights a...

Hello All!I have a 3,500 sq ft, 3-unit house located near Albany, NY. Currently, it is heated by an oil fired boiler, which as the landlord I pay for. This past winter I spent about $6,000 on heating oil over about 4 ...

Hello! I recently purchased a duplex in Reading PA. The top unit is electric baseboards, but the bottom unit is oil - hot water heat. I do not want to put the high costs of oil on the tenant and would like to convert ...

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I have a rental house that has a walkway behind it. I was doing some routine cleaning and noticed lots of cat poop back there. I already know the perps, who are a group of about three stray cats in the neig...

We bought a 2 family in NH with an oil burner that needs to be replaced. Originally the guy that quoted us said that if our chimney is lined, natural gas would be better but we would have to wait until April so they c...

I am trying to narrow my markets from 3 to 1.My choices are:1. League City and Texas City, Texas. (Houston) 2. Norman, Oklahoma City, OK (Oklahoma)3. Winter Garden , FL (Orlando)League City (25.5%) and Winter Garden (...

Hello BP community,
We are looking to purchase (offer accepted) a house in Bucks County Pennsylvania that has oil heating system and has the oil tank buried underground.   
Is it true that if you want to sell your h...