Assignment was extended for an additional 8 months.  3) Rented house till 2/1/2013 when i returned to old job & moved back into house.  4) Sold house 4/2016 So my understanding is that i had 91 mo of ownership and 32 months of non primary residence usage.

Assignment was extended for an additional 8 months. 3) Rented house till 2/1/2013 when i returned to old job & moved back into house. 4) Sold house 4/2016So my understanding is that i had 91 mo of ownership and 32 months of non primary residence usage. 

that seems quite High, I have Propane, one of my tenants does and a flip I have going does too, thats over twice the usage we see here in Northern WI and it gets friggn' cold up here.

From what you said the judge acted  inappropriately and ruled contrary to law and his legal authority.

When the water bill comes, we look at the usage.

I based my numbers off of the cost breakdown directly from the Spokane utilities billing rates:32 gal trash bin - $16.62Wastewater - $29.71Water Service - $15.80Stormwater - $4.18Integrated Capital - $27.89Water consumption - $25Which actually totals out to $120/mo (for some reason I forgot to include the integrated capital expense in my previous calculations, and I had water usage at $15 which may not have been realistic.I also looked at this Spokane cost of living breakdown which lists the average utilities at $110 including electricity, which I figured would be about half of the overall utility bill.

People do it illegally all the time, until someone rats them out and they get shut down,  Also, I wouldn't want to have an insurance claim (especially a fire or some large liability issue) for fear that the claim would be denied once the true usage of the property was discovered by the ins. co. 

It's all about capital usage.

Therefore when I received the water bill from the water company, I would turn around and bill the tenant for the water usage, and include a copy of the water bill sent to me to prove to them I wasn't gouging them.  

@Daniel Dietz thanks for the forum usage advice.