The worst case you would have to spend couple hundred or thousand extra over a regular move out rehab to clean up the extra stuff etc.

So you are gonna sue and spend thousands to collect maybe a few hundred in penalties?

I have do between 1-5 projects annually and our team does hundreds.  

We made a few hundred thousand on the sale over our purchase price, but we had the deferred profits of 3 -1031 exchanges to pay up.

I'm not looking to build an empire to hundreds or thousands of units, I just want one big building!

But again to me, I'd rather accumulate more properties sooner that might break even than have only one property that cash flows a few hundred.

We manage several hundred multifamily units in and around Columbus, and have tried every different way to bill water - included in rent, split among tenants, and sub-metered.

Connect the green to white.I've had hundreds of signatures and never been able to collect from anyone.

It is a balancing act, but your future self will thank you.PS maybe try to seperate your equity investment from your cash flow investment: there are other ways to build a couple hundred $ in passive income and then you can focus your REI on long term goals.

It's also a simple solution, there are new sub-metering systems available for a few hundred bucks.