Need help with how to Submeter utilities!

[David Maldonado]

Hey everyone!

I'm going to start looking for my 2nd home to house hack in the Clovis Ca area. Right now I'm thinking a SFH (if I don't find a quadplex at the right price and area) for a live and flip, and convert my garage to a 750 sq ft 1 bed 1 bath apartment. My question is: does anyone know how to submeter utitiles? I'd much rather go this route vs paying for separate meters which come at a high cost. I plan on going all electrical for appliances so I would just need to submeter the electrical.

Also another question regarding section 8 tenants: in the unfortunatel event where a section 8 tenant has to be evicted, does section 8 still pay their portion of the rent during the eviction process? And also can the landlord to still legally collect the section 8 rent?