They then issued a special assessment where each owner got charged a percentage of the total bill that included the expensive sewer line replacement, but our portion was less than we would have paid to fix our own unit, so we were fine with that.

He wanted the appraisal to be high for a loan.The county had a much higher valuation.He went with the appraisal and his charm.They accepted the appraised value and adjusted the tax bill.

They have failed to cover two of my properties this year due to their error.

Hi all,I was wondering if anyone in NC has dealt with a tenant crypto mining at their rental property which caused significant increases in utility bills (for furnished rentals with utilities included).

Quote from @Bill B.: Until you have more than 20-30 properties Quicken (quickbooks little brother) is overkill for this.

I'm assuming it would be a rental but assumptions cause errors so I won't get too much into it.

Convos with PM are fine, but assurances dont pay the bills.

If I contract a home and use you as my inspector, since I have never used you before and don't have a way to judge your work, If you use me as your inspector, determine upfront whether you want me to be nitpicky and create the largest report of meaningless findings to aid in getting a price negotiated lower (often due for new bills), a minimum number of findings to make it easier to purchase (often the desire expressed from real estate agents who don't want to blow up the transaction) or somewhere in between these two extremes. 

I am leaning heavily towards doing submetering of gas and water on the property and billing the tenants back based on the usage.

I am starting to believe that I need to learn the tax laws myself since I have lost so much money paying unnecessary taxes because my previous CPA's are not familiar with all laws or they just plug numbers into a software (without strategizing) and then I get hit with huge tax bills that could have been legally avoided.