| Owning real estate is a potentially profitable | | | | Outdoor wood burning stoves operate on wood |
| investment, especially if you make your | | | | and water. Depending on where your apartment |
| investment rental properties. If you are making a | | | | complex is located, you may easily be able to |
| living as a landlord, you may be able to benefit | | | | obtain wood for a low price. If you own property |
| from the use of an outdoor wood burning stove. | | | | with a wooded area on it, you may even be able |
| Outdoor wood stoves are used to provide heat | | | | to obtain your wood for free. The use of wood is |
| and hot water to a number of buildings, including a | | | | what makes an outdoor wood burning stove so |
| home or small apartment complex. Just about any | | | | affordable. Depending on how you use it, you |
| landlord may be able to benefit from the use of | | | | may be able to save a substantial amount of |
| an outdoor wood burning stove, but some may | | | | money on a wood burning stove. |
| be able to benefit from it more than others. It all | | | | The next question you may be asking yourself is |
| depends on how you run your current rental | | | | what about multiple buildings. Outdoor wood |
| operation. A number of factors need to be | | | | burning stoves come in a wide variety of |
| examined, including who currently pays for heat | | | | different makes and models. Many of these |
| and hot water. | | | | makes and models are designed to heat and |
| In most cases, rent does not cover all of the | | | | provide hot water to more than one building. In |
| utilities. It is possible to find apartments that | | | | addition to heating buildings, many outdoor burning |
| include utilities, but they are often hard to come | | | | wood furnaces are designed to heat swimming |
| by. If you are currently offering apartments for | | | | pools and hot tubs. If you have an onsite |
| rent, where the utilities are included, you will likely | | | | swimming pool or hot tub for your tenants, you |
| find that you do not have any trouble keeping | | | | may also be able to save money by using an |
| your properties rented. Many renters prefer not | | | | outdoor wood burning stove. |
| having to worry about paying utilities bill each | | | | Just because you currently charge your tenants |
| month. Instead of having to pay multiple bills, they | | | | for their own heat and hot water does not mean |
| prefer to pay their landlord one large sum. | | | | that you cannot benefit from the use of an |
| While you may be able to profit from providing | | | | outdoor wood burning stove. As previously |
| utilities to your tenants, you may also be loosing | | | | mentioned, many tenants prefer residing in an |
| money. It is often difficult, or impossible, to | | | | apartment or home rental that has the utilities |
| control how much heat and hot water your | | | | included in their cost of rent. You may easily be |
| tenants use. This may mean a fairly large heating | | | | able to charge this by purchasing an outdoor |
| bill. If you currently offer heat and hot water to | | | | wood burning furnace. By charging additional |
| your tenants, but you are noticing a negative | | | | money for heat and hot water, you may be able |
| impact on your wallet, you may want to examine | | | | to turn a profit with the use of an outside wood |
| outdoor burning wood stoves and what they can | | | | burning furnace or stove. |
| do for you. | | | | |