You can say you will just bill back to the residents, but that's not always feasible in some markets and we know that total water consumption decreases 30+% when residents are responsible for actual amount used not just a fixed bill back.

Some investments do not require expert advice.  Your gut should lead you.Anyone with a brain would know better.  So ask yourselves, what did I doto deserve this? Want to read a real estate investment deal I'm very pro...

Bosch has some of the lowest water consumption if you pay for water. 

I do not care if it is a flat percentage out of earnings, or based on consumption.

It's no worse a drug than alcohol, can bring in revenue, and help cops focus on the 'real' crimes.

Since the beginning of time, all we really are doing is converting assets from one form to another for the purpose of consumption or wealth creation (i.e. 90% vs 10%).

Breaking the lease could be domestic violence with the tenant ,disrespect to security or drug and alcohol issues so really anything we felt was inappropriate and the police would enforce it we could call them and say that an individual was tresspassing.

I have a room for rent in a house with one other roommate, and I got a crazy landlord, who also lives there, who is an out of control alcoholic. 

You will also need to calculate your propane consumption and have a method for refilling.

If fact, the opposite is drilled into people...from TV, radio, social media, advertisements, texts, emails, parents, huge houses, nice cars, smart phones, fast food, slow food, no planning, on the go, buy buy buy...we are inundated with consumption opportunities.