Day 1 you are bound by those, and hopefully have met the tenants already to understand any issues they are already having: toilet slow to flush, heat intermittently working, etc.  

So you call the utility provider and have them test the meter. 99% of the time, the meter is fine and the issue is that excess water was used.The biggest culprit is a running toilet or one that flushes constantly.

If a toilet is clogged because the tenants child threw a shoe down there (or an older female child flushed a feminine hygiene product that clogged the system) the tenant becomes responsible for this repair. 

As long as everything goes away when they flush, all is good.

now that he was flush with cash, of course he can off and make lots of real estate investments.So, when you are ready, just take your "best shot" at what you want and what you need (as I seems like you need to take care of your mom). 

Did they flush the line set?

To make things even wilder, homebuyers are flush with cash after a year in which the national savings rate soared to its highest level in decades.

Alas, sec 8 probably has lots of utility requirements and standards, such as no running toilet nor lack of being able to bathe/flush! 

You can find the best deal on the planet, but if you have lousy property management, it can be like flushing your money down the drain.

Tbey are flush with money and spending it.