Let's say they pay you $2000/ month * 12 = $24,000/year.

Pay to separately meter the utility.

You shouldn't pay any draw until the work is done.

A homeowner I worked with wanted to remove a load-bearing wall to create an open-concept kitchen.

So now we cover utilities for both units and the new tenant pays a higher amount too on the back unit to cover all the utilities with a great profit.  

. - Inefficiency with payouts and administration will be compounded as the FAIR Plan has zero experience with a major pay out and lack infrastructure of assessors and technology to distribute the funds they don’t have.

A cash-flowing, large lot, alley loaded duplex that needed a new roof, painted and new floors.

We're trying to decide whether or not to pay it off or save to buy another property. 

In the one house that I still have some existing, it's only on an overhead light circuit with no insulation around it, and I minimize the load on the circuit by using only low voltage LED lights. 

I pull permits for removal of load bearing walls, addition of bathrooms or bedrooms, addition of footage.