As long as you go in with the expectation of not seeing a dime and your motivation is that it will show up on the credit and may come back to haunt them later, then its worth it.

Spending your last dime to buy a distressed investment and then borrowing more money to renovate it is very unwise.

One of my deals is a value-add - it hasn't paid me a dime yet after 13 months, but it is already worth much more than what we paid for it.

So... you can certainly be 'RIGHT' and still be a horrible investor making nonsensical arbitraty decisions or you can just be an investor and look at if from that standpoint - sure, you can decide to nickel and dime for additional Tenants and you would be even more justified if you are paying Tenant utilities (if this is the case).

There also might be more rebates for electric these days as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.https://www.rewiringamerica.org/press-release/doe-proposed-g...That being said, in my area, the gas utility will often run the line from the street to the meter on their dime as they want your business. 

Self managing once you have a profitable portfolio is stepping over dollars to pick up dimes.

If tenant wants one they can install on their dime. 

Lenders are a dime a dozen and the whole industry is hurting right now because all the freshest MLOs washed out last year but there's still a lot more than there honestly should be to carry a good commission split among all the people. 

Do not send them a dime.

You need to check to see if they nickel and dime you on every little thing - I mailed you a statement?