My heart and wallet are bleeding but I know it's for the best. 

It depends on the elevation of the property and swell level of the waterway.

That's also bad advice because you'll continue bleeding money for months or years, and the tenants may still end up unable to afford the increases and leave or cause problems.Example: rent is $600 a month and you have four units.

Once you start new builds, you are going to be bleeding a lot of money the whole time till you sell, and you have to hop through all kinds of hoops with the city for code and they are the opposite of fast no matter where you live.

Not necessarily looking for RUBS or any sort of utility bill back as this is already in our business plan, instead someone who can come in and identify utility bleed over, and implement cost savings solutions primarily for water. 

There is nothing wrong with that method, until you want to change the paint color and then have bleed from the paint into the grout, which as you know is more difficult to remove - many people would not worry about such things.Methods to remove the existing grout have been stated already (and yes, you might be able to cover it up with a trim piece).

What you need to figure out is how to stop the bleeding, and yes, you may not want to self manage, but you may need to until sell or get it to stabilize and then sell.

I told her time to go I was always  in contact with her .I even paid a buddy a 100 to haul her crap quick she was a money losing deal I needed to stop the bleeding !

Definitely don't wanna bleed cashflow.What would be your max offer, to ensure the deal makes an investment sense? 

If I'm right, that hardship will bleed into other parts of your financial life.Good luck!