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Updated almost 13 years ago,

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About rentals that use oil heat

Zach T
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I'll soon be getting into renting (~6 mo) and I've been thinking about how to handle tenants not filling the oil tank. No matter how well they pass my screening I don't think I'll ever trust a tenant to fill the oil tank when it comes time to do so. I imagine many of my tenants would move out as soon as the oil got low or ran out. The price of oil only makes the issue worse.

To combat this issue I figured I would pay the oil, but the price of the oil would be included in the renters rent. I would also lock the thermostat so that the tenants would be unable to alter the temperature. Is this a common way to handle this issue?

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