All Forum Posts by: Brandon Miquelon

Hi Ian, thanks for the suggestion. I read about RUBS before and was planning on doing that as my fall-back plan. I anticipated pushback from renters due to lack of visibility into the numbers, and figured if submetering was reasonable it would be much nicer to have the data (both for curiosity's sake and for transparency) if it was easy/viable.  in your experience, your tenants have never complained about the flat rate you charge?  I guess $15/person is not enough money for someone to get upset about...

I just purchased my 1st home in Denver and am mid-renovation (it's been a brutal one). I will have 3 units and I will be living in 1 of them. As I prepare for tenants, I'm starting to think about utilities. Can anyone provide some suggestions on sub-metering? I couldn't find any readily available services for small properties (mine is technically a "house hack" because my property is a SF residence with a mother in law suite and a separate carriage house. i'm small potatoes to bigger companies), so I'll need to install my own water and electrical submeters. any suggestions?   i was just looking at Bluebot, and that looked simple enough for water. Any other favorites of BP investors?  All tips and recommendations are gratefully appreciated.

i'm new at all of this. like seriously, i was youtubing how to change out drill heads on my ryobi when i closed on this house. so i apologize for my ignorance. this whole process has been a humorously violent exercise in humility🤣

Thanks Kayla!  I actually have already submitted a work request with Xcel, that's not really my confusion. I'm trying to figure out how many residences I have "registered" or confirmed with... the city? I don't know, I'm confused. The physical property has 3 separated units. But I don't know how many of those are officially recognized.

Every time I speak with some utility regarding service, they want a "verified" address that work is being completed on. Example: when I ordered internet service from CenturyLink for the carriage house (instead of the main house), the service technician asked if the separate house had a separate address. He said CenturyLink bases addresses off the USPS to determine billing, etc.  There was a derelict extra mailbox laying on the ground that had a "b" on it so I just gave them the address with the "b" tacked onto it and that seemed to work. 

Now Xcel needs a new address for "new service" (instead of the main house that already has service), and I don't want to keep "BS-ing" my way through things, I'd rather have concrete answers before I finish renovating and then try to get renters in here.

Is the US Postal Service in charge of that?  I can't seem to find answers on this unique problem anywhere (i even asked my postman today and he didn't even know). I think I'm just going to physically go to the local Post Office next week and see if anyone can help me.

This is my 1st post in the forum, so this might be a dumb question.  I recently bought an old multi-unit property in southwest denver that needs a LOT of work. I need to request new service from Xcel Energy to pull dedicated power to a carriage house that I plan to live in while I rent out the main house. Xcel requires a registered address to install new electrical service to a property.
...How do I check to see if my carriage house has an official address?

i should also clarify this is my 1st purchase, so I'm very new at this and a little intimidated! Trying to buy in Denver right now is like fighting in a gladiator arena

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