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Updated about 12 years ago on . Most recent reply
Dumb Utilities Question
I am in the process of purchasing my first investment property, a condo unit which will be used as a rental. Future tenants will be paying the utilities.
Do you keep utilities turned on (and in your name) when the unit is vacant (before I get a tenant)? When I do get a tenant, do I have to do anything to facilitate getting their utilities turned on -- or does the tenant take care of all that themselves?
Dumb questions, I know!
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M Ness,
I do NOT give the keys to the tenant, until they provide me with proof that the Utilities are in their name.
They MUST provide me with the account number(s), and I call the various Company's to verify that the account is NOT in my name anymore.
Raymond