However, without individual meters, accurately measuring usage for each unit could be challenging.

Population growth is an easy measure of demand increasing.

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There are fixed costs you won't be able to get away from utilities, insurance, etc and are typically stable year to year or with some measured growth.

Sounds like an internal policy decision that you will never win, regardless of any reasonably prudent measures you take.

Thank you for the input, I will measure the distance from the window sill to the third floor carpet, it's pretty low, let me see if I can attach pictures.

I recommend to all my property management clients to institute RUBS/Sense etc, there's really great tools nowadays to put systems in place to measure these items, be it water or electric. 

I feel maintaining your properties correctly and being decent to your tenants is the best preventative measure we as landlords can take next to LLCs, insurance, and umbrella policies.

It's worth the $1k or so to take the correct measures.

Many investors use a general rule of thumb for midterm rentals that they should earn about 50% more in rents than an equivalent long-term rental (whereas short-term rentals should earn double or 100% more than if the property was utilized as a long-term rental).However, for DSCR lenders, change can be slow and challenging, and many lenders prefer and require more precise qualification measures than rules of thumb.