Unfortunately creditor rights laws prevent the owner from verifying directly with the utility provider until a lien is filed which I always thought was unfair but this is a way to confirm the usage is being paid for real time. 

Let them know that you haven't heard from them in XX days and that you will file a complaint if someone does not respond to you within 48 hours.

Bonus question: what kind of impact does this have on my taxes and how do I file this?

The income it can produce and the networking would be worth it.

Off market, value adds can produce good returns.  

The town should have that already on file too for when the permit was applied for.

Aaron  do you have anything we could upload to the file place that might be valuable?

.- I was able to get access to private investigator software to find the true owners of these properties since conventional skiptracing produced poor results.  

It contains hundreds of files such as ebooks, checklists and spreadsheets for real estate investors: https://www.biggerpockets.com/filesGood luck.

I was extremely patient and after 4 months of no payment, I demanded from the company to do their job and file an eviction.