I'm looking at a duplex with a single water heater providing hot water to both units. They also share water and gas meters. Electricity is split. I'd like to understand the difficulty and cost of adding a 2nd water he...

Hi,I'm separating the gas on a small 2 family building. I will use the existing boiler & hot water heater for the first floor apartment. I'm trying to find the most economical cost for heating & providing hot ...

I am about close escrow for a unit with wall mount gas fired boiler providing hot water and water radiator for heating. The seller disclosure that the tenant called the shower sometime do not have hot water but could ...

Our tenants just moved in to a fully renovated B+ property and during the renovation the gas hot water heater was jarred loose and unknown to us started leaking. When they started using a lot of hot water (shower, lau...

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I was curious when any of you as landlord have given credit on rent to tenants? Would a situation where an appliance fails and repairs take too long (even though you acted asap to get it repaired) warrant a credi...

I put some pretty detailed info in my profile, so I won't reiterate all that here. Suffice it to say I'm into residential rentals, my first purchase was a distressed 12 unit which I have since turned around, and I've ...

I'm currently looking at an 8-unit building in a C- neighborhood and trying to justify it.  One of the bigger concerns for me from a snowballing perspective is that since I have to put 30% down it is going to signific...

If I have a tenant who is month to month, can I send an addendum for them to sign that says owner is no longer responsible for repairing or replacing appliances? I am managing 15 doors from out of state and I’m lear...

Looking for ways to provide short term relief for hot water tank (or combi boiler) failure so tenant has temp hot water while I seek out fix.When a hot water heater fails it is a big problem because the tenant has no ...

Evaluating a triplex in NJ.  The property has separate gas heaters and electric meters.  In the description it mentions that "landlord pays water, hot water, and common area electric." & "tenant is responsible fo...