From: "Colin Hamilton" 
Newsgroups: alt.invest.real-estate
Subject: Re: BuckStoves in rentals
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 01:45:26 +0000 (UTC)

Just change the stove for heaven's sake. Invest a litttle more and play safe


"JosephM"  wrote in message
news:ciBfb.496302$cF.174643@rwcrnsc53...
> I own a couple of rental houses and have been looking for another one...
>
> I  have found a pretty nice little house for sale here in Indiana except
> that it has one potential problem. There is a big BuckStove in the front
> room.
> Should I be concerned about liability with renters using a wood-burning
> stove in the house?...i.e.  a kid burns the hell out of his hand or the
> house burns because the tenants don't operate the stove properly?
>
> Otherwise, the house and yard are probably a bargain at $75K and the rent
> would be $675-695.
> Any thoughts out there fron you experienced landlords?
>
>