This is the best long term solution. 

My partner and I would still do it when the seller was made abundantly aware of the situation and it was the right solution for everyone involved.

If the rents and upkeep are really as unreasonable as you claim there should be other cheaper and better solutions nearby. 

Redeveloping into mixed use live/work/play projects has been the most common proposed solution the past few years in my area. 

There are quite a few solutions out there so that even the most tech challenged person can pay electronically.

So B2C is out, but perhaps B2B might be an option (e.g providing a streamlined solution for all of the major mortgage servicing companies for collection of payments.

I remember back when I was ramping up my own rental portfolio in those early-2000s San Diego days, I learned the hard way that ignoring “little” costs..like that termite treatment or the property manager’s onboarding fee..can turn what looked like a sweet deal into something that barely breaks even.Let’s say you pick up a property in one of those under-the-radar neighborhoods in Omaha or maybe on the south side of Chicago..markets I’ve seen a few colleagues dabbling in lately..you’ve got to be ready to get real about the numbers.

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Class action lawsuits might still be a practical solution to the problem, but, if the statute of limitations is not waived, there is no chance of combining the original cases as their time to file has run out.

@Jerell Edmonds If you don’t want to front the cost to add the extra meters then one solution that worked for my father was to divide the billed amount by one extra part each month and you pay for the extra part.