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Disconnecting utilities during down times?
Three of my houses are what most of you would consider a "big" house. Combined, there are 22 beds and 8 bathrooms. These normally get rented last, smaller 2 and 3 bedroom places get rented first. I'm considering stopping the trash collection service. That would be about $100/month total. I'm also considering stopping the cable/wifi. That's $300/month total. People can still move in on a weekend, and by Monday the service would be resumed. Electric, water, gas and sewer would remain on.
I'm also considering dropping cable and wifi entirely. My city has a wifi service, and all my properties receive the signal. I could buy about 50 Roku boxes and connect them to all the televisions. When people rent a place, I can buy them 7, 14 or 30 days worth of wifi service.