For sure PG&E requires this for gas and electric, and I think most jurisdictions require it for water and sewer as well. 

I would be curious if you e-mailed your city, county and state officials with your story how they justify you having to pay property taxes.

Quote from @Devin James: The E-Myth is a classic!

I am a Broker in California though and still on the Oregon DRE s  e mail mailing list I like to stay up on current laws since we are home builders in the Portland Metro market..

(the amount of learning/education I complete in the next few months may influence the price and market location as I research potential deals and cash flow opportunities)E.

What followed after that was an offer from them to start making weekly payments until my entire Inner Circle membership fee was refunded over 10 weeks, followed by sending me a new e-sign settlement doc with those stipulations in place of the original - even after I refused the "payment plan" option via email earlier today (as you can imagine, given the experience thus far, the last thing I'm interested in chasing my money/answers even further/longer).

For example, you may have one account for 5 different properties in 123 LLC and in another account, you have all the E main st LLC properties. 

Quote from @Evan Polaski: @Jay Hinrichs, while I wasn't going to call them MLM, I did attend an Armando Montelongo (A&E's Flip this House from mid 2000's) seminar at a hotel conference room in 2007 or 08, which was the free funnel to spend $1,500 for a three day seminar or $25,000 for an in-person mentorship.I have seen similar promoted with Christina and Tarrek from Flip or Flop more recently.I didn't start realizing how profitable education can be until the last 5 or so years.  

And we are just beginning.Norada Capital Management ( Link )30251 Golden Lantern # E-261Laguna Niguel, CA - 92677-5993Professional poker players call it a “tell.”

Go find the current Price/Earnings ratio P/E for the stock markets.