Always approach as a developer with a specific usage.

At this point I'm inclined to average fuel usage over the last few years and come up with a heat included number to add to the rent.

Beyond that I never carry a balance on anything, and limit my CC usage to just 2 - one personal, one business - and pay them off in full each month. 

.🔴 Questionable property comps: Overstated market values or inappropriate comparables may mean they’re inflating expectations.As always, thorough due diligence is your best protection.

Although it also depends on your projected usage and average length of stay.

If you aren't doing it, you should use the average amount with the oil company based on other year's usage and they will average it so it's not $500 in one pop (depending how big these tanks are).

Almost 100% of all Self Storage buildings are made out of recycled steel, since their usage is not technically demanding.

The fact that my water usage patterns have not changed, yet this leak stopped, points to it being caused by another source. 

Basically, it is clear that this sponsor lost all of their investor's money, and multiple investors claim that the sponsor lost their money, ghosted them, and behaved inappropriately. 

Pulled this together for a RE Investor meet up on how "today's tech stack" is breaking down historical concerns of STRs being a time-suck for RE Investors when looking at either purchasing properties for STR deployment or evaluating assets for STR usage vs other strategies.