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Owning an apartment building and being a landlord can be a highly rewarding experience and an excellent way to have an investment property that you can keep a close eye on. It can also get expensive, though, when it comes to taking care of everything that has to be handled on a day to day basis. Even when tenants pay their own utilities, there are common areas that have to be maintained, well lit, and properly supplied with heating and cooling. Those areas are larger in some apartment buildings than others, but even small spaces can take their toll on the utility bills. To keep the costs down and realize as much savings as possible, here are some tips for energy conservation. First, make... Read more
If you have a rental apartment where you pay for any of the utilities, one of the things you want to do is keep your costs down. There are a number of ways to do that,...
Washington, D.C. -Fannie Mae intends to reward multifamily properties with green building certifications, such as LEED, with lower interest rates, according to a recent...
When investing your money into rental properties, people often ignore a vital improve to making their rental property look more attractive to tenants: making green...
Residents of energy efficient apartments save an average of $54 a month, or $648 annually, on their electricity bills, according a Housing Virginia study that...
As a landlord, some of the biggest expenses are utilities like electric, gas and water. While some landlords have the tenants in each apartment pay their own bills, other complexes choose to include utilities in the rent. Either way, the amount of water used at the building can become costly, even if the landlord pays just for shared spaces, lawn care, and related water-using areas. By keeping that in mind, it is easy to see that water conservation can become a hot topic for a landlord, in order to save on utilities and make the apartment building profitable. Fortunately, there are a number of ways in which landlords can conserve water. These include: Installing Low-Flow Fixtures One... Read more
New Efficiency Rating for Apartment Buildings WegoWise, an industry-leading utility intelligence provider for the real estate industry, just launched a new rating for...
WegoWise, an industry-leading utility intelligence provider for the real estate industry, just unveiled a utility bill study that for the first time demonstrates how...
Blowers, throwers offer convenience, long-term savings by Paul Bianchina If you live where it snows, moving that white stuff off the driveway or the front walk is not...
The problem with U.S.’s light bulb mandateby Arrol Gellner, Inman NewsOn Sept. 1 of this year, the European Union began banning the sale of incandescent light...
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