One strategy that has worked well here on the coast is mixed usage plexes or combo of LTR, MTR, STR. 

We changed the batteries 5 months ago and the battery level is currently at 93%.Interesting. never looked at Zigbee. my day job is IT and connecting to wifi or this Zigbee hub should not affect power usage.

. $75 for propane usage - I can go buy a small grill and tank for less than that - again no thanks. 

I will have to keep the water in my name but I was also just thinking of keeping the electric in my name as well since there is just one dryer and I don't want one of my tenants to have to pay for the other one's dryer usage. 

if it has not booked for a large occupancy usage by 6 weeks out, it is unlikely to book.  

It looks to be break even currently, but every year after when the price of electric goes up is where the savings would be, assuming the usage doesn't change much.

If you're converting to a long term furnished rental, the expectations are different and so is the day-to-day usage of your place just as you've assumed by your question about wear and tear.

We have a multi family rental unit which uses oil for home/water heating.Our tenants are responsible for purchasing their own heating oil.We are trying to figure out a way to determine when/if our tenant is running out of fuel.Our maintenance person has communicated that one unit has repeatedly run out of fuel, creating an increase service cost on their boiler.I know there are WiFi options to meter usage.

With the inclusion of personal usage for the travel, that may very well push you over the threshold into disallowance.I'll also say that I personally think that having a conference in Cancun versus a much more remote destination such as Birmingham, Alabama or even fully online may also provide some additional ambiguity.

Water/sewer sent water usage and it was 2 to 3,000 gallons used every day for the month of April.