Inheriting Tenants That Have Been Paying "All Utilities Included" Rent

[Michael Talerico]

I am in the process of buying my first multiplex property and it is currently fully occupied. While I am ok with this in this particular situation, the landlord I am buying the property from has been paying the utilities for all the tenants, which I'd much rather not do. With that said, I am waiting on getting back the estoppel agreements from the tenants so I can get a better idea of what I'm dealing with (i.e. month-to-month tenants, leases that indicate utilities included, etc), but I would ultimately like to get all the current tenants to transition into paying for their own utilities ASAP once I officially take ownership of the property. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I should approach this?