You don't need to replace them. Old windows with storm panes are good enough compared to moderns windows while costing significantly less and won't need to be replaced every 15 years.

Basically you just replace any rotting wood, caulk the gaps, paint, and you're good to go. Having a good seal is what's important. If you're concerned about shards of glass from a broken window, you can buy shatter resistant protective film that's cheap and trivial to install.

Learn more here: https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/storm-windows

Keep in mind everything in your house is going to have lead paint if the windows do. If any floors are painted, there's lead under there too.

If I remember correctly the 'convenience' fee shows up when you're paying but you're not actually charged it. It doesn't show up on your receipt when using eCheck. I registered my CC and attempted to pay with that when their new website first when live. The transaction would go through on their site then I'd get an email later saying the transaction failed.

Considering their website operates slower than websites in the dial-up era, I have no clue WTF they were thinking with this update.

I'll also whine that you can no longer pay multiple accounts at the same time. If you had multiple accounts (I'm a landlord) you used to be able to pay them all at once. Now I have to pay each one individually. Combine with the slow website and it's very frustrating. Use auto-pay you say? I don't trust them enough for that.

I thought about it. I bought an air sensor which tracks a bunch of different things and airing out the house didn't have a meaningful impact on it.

The building will have upward pointing lights? Can we at least pretend to care about light pollution?

To be fair, if they didn't get those tax breaks then they could write off those taxes on their federal taxes. They're business expensives.

The point being they were always going to get some type of break that you aren't getting.

There's a big range between getting your hair cut and getting it styled.

I don't know if anything has changed, but a few years ago homes on the MLS were reserved to first time buyers for a short time before anyone else could submit offers on them.

I thought they switched to resistance heating if it gets cold enough. Compared to normal operations, that's running way above 100% in terms of electric costs.

Being at or under fair market lets you join some government programs that help renters pay their rent and can help you get low interest loans to deal with things like lead removal and energy efficiency. There are some tax benefits if you're in some poorer areas, but reductions from that are overtaken by repair costs.

Charging more simply means you can't be part of those programs. There isn't an extra tax for charging more other than the normal tax brackets.

> rent of these tiny homes are based on the average yearly income of a Dover citizen

In other words your previous claims of doing this for affordable housing are mostly bullshit. If not then the rents would be based solely on the cost of maintaining the units. I have 3-bedroom units in Manchester that I rent out for $1200 because $3600 covers the mortgage, related bills, and maintenance costs. Based on average income the rent (at 30% of income) should be $1600 and market rent for these units would be $2300. That is how you provide affordable housing. The price is effectively the same as if they bought their unit.

Stop deluding yourself that you're doing this to help people. You're doing it to make money. Lying about it is why so many people hate us.

Keep in mind you'll need to watch your Direct Energy prices as well. After your intro period those 3rd party prices often steady increase.

Sounds like you need some hypnotherapy.

It's not defective wiring. It's systems put in place decades ago before current hosing codes. They're all grandfathered in and are fine to keep in place until you upgrade part of the system.

Yes you have to disclose, I never commented on that. I was pointing out updating it to modern standards isn't a trivial task.

You don't need an association, you just need to do some basic research. If you're unwilling to put in the time for that you'd be unwilling to read the association's paperwork too: https://www.apartments.com/rental-manager/resources/state-laws/new-hampshire

1. Have you put up plastic film around your windows?

2. Are your lights LEDs?

3. Are you using a power strip to turn off your electronics like your TV and other devices? You can't trust their power buttons.

4. Is your refrigerator overloaded or opened too often?

5. Do you use an electric dryer?

6. Turn it down to 60F and wear better clothing.

7. Can you feel drafts around your doors or other vents?

Even if you're not a crappy landlord you still can't do it. I contacted a bunch of electricians and they all flaked out. The one I did manage to contract disappeared before they finished.

Plus the 20k-30k cost to separate everything (real quotes), don't complain about your high rent.

Depends, what are the usage patterns? Did usage go up 19% too?

Being in the cold is the best way to survive. All your processes slow down which also means a slower damage/decay rate.

That is extra stupid because if you rent to a convict and the person does some crime toward the other tenants, tenants have successfully sued the landlord for letting someone dangerous into the building. 'The landlord should have know better.'

Add an immunity to lawsuits if you want more landlords to rent to convicts.

> Childhood lead poisoning, which is entirely preventable, is one of the most common pediatric health problems in the United States today.

Deaths from car crashes are entirely preventable too. It's just insanely expensive and disruptive to prevent all of them. Same with lead. It's still allowed in faucets and water fixtures. Most home owners don't have the funds to lead-safe their homes. Even if they did the lead could come from city pipes. Etc...

> In this report, we rank all 50 states for Christmas cheer by factors including evergreen farm numbers, charitable giving, and how often residents online shop, stream, and tweet Christmas content.

The number of farms is probably constant year-to-year and I'll make a guess that charitable donations are fairly consistent too. That means it's mainly a measurement of online stalking. Since we're #1 that means we spend too much time on social media and online shopping while not using adequate ad blocking. In other words we don't have many real-life friends? That sounds right.

This report is from an ISP. Apparently they're tracking what people do online and decided to make random reports from that data. Perhaps someone is trying to justify the data collection or their job.

That's because members don't want to be spammed nor stalked. Go to Bigger Pockets if you want to do that.

Unless you do power red / double red donations. Then they give the PFAS back to you.

Keep in mind a lot of the homes around here are old. Mine is almost 130. None of the dimensions match modern dimensions. You can't just swap out a door. You either have to have it custom made, make your own, or rebuild the doorway. The walls and ceilings are plaster not plasterboard. Well, the original layer is plaster. Plaster is messy to deal with. Easier to DIY if you're working alone (no lifting heavy boards), but still messy and more time consuming (3-4 coats vs 1-2). There might be one to three more wall/ceiling/flooring layers on top of that. Are you going to add a 4th or redo it all properly? Everything will have lead paint on it, even my bedroom floors have it (I added another flooring layer). Dealing with that properly takes $$$$ if you hire someone or just $$ plus a lot more time to DIY it. Oh, and the certified lead test swabs you're supposed to use have been out of stock since the pandemic. Sure lots of people sell them online, but you order from them and they just cancel your order. Had that happen 4 times.

Also with homes that old, there's a bunch of people who want to preserve the look. My stair banisters are really fancy. Things like that disappear when you remodel.

Old carpet? Who the fuck cares (especially when I don't have enough outlets and can't find a reliable contractor. Now I've got to find a good carpet guy too? Why didn't my college have a Handyman degree). I don't spend any time with my face buried in the carpet (okay, I'll admit to doing a few pushups now and again). If it still works then it still works. Plus I don't trust newer things as much. They all seem to wear out faster. Even older building material was more durable than modern building material. If I replace it now then I'll have to replace it again within 10 years. Why not put it off a longer.

Finally, I can't keep up with renovations when there's so many questions to answer on Reddit. They just keep coming in faster than I can reply.

> We did ask about the well before closing but the information we were given does no match what we bought.

Do you have that documented? If they knowingly lied to you your lawsuit should be easy.

> When we talked to the developers we were threatened with lawsuits if we spoke publically and one of our neighbors started getting death threats.

Classic intimidation. That's when you know you have a case. But you also need to make sure you're not saying anything you can't prove.

As everyone else said, contact a lawyer and make sure you keep records of all the communication you've had with everyone. If a lawyer seems too difficult to start out with, contact a real estate agent from a different town and ask them to review your paperwork.

There's r/landlord if you need help with rental things.