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Updated about 2 years ago,
Renting an old House Hack by the Room
Hello all,
I have vacated one of my properties and where I use to house hack. Since the other two rooms are currently rented by the room, I will be renting out the room I use to stay in to a different person and continue renting it by the room.
My question is: now that I will be renting out the house by the room and all renters are individuals, how do I go about having them pay for utilities (Wi-Fi, water, gas, electric, water)?
My initial thought was to keep the utilities in my name and connected to my credit card, and having them pay me directly for the utilities, but maybe there's a more efficient way to go about this? I want to continue managing the property, so I don't want to hand over management responsivities to anyone else. I feel that I cannot expect one of them to take care of the bills and having the other roommates pay him for utilities because he may see that as a type of property management and charge me for it.
Any ideas on a more efficient way to go about this?