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Christopher James 30 % Federal Tax Credit for installing Solar Panels?
11 June 2018 | 6 replies
@Chris Connery I think it depends on how you have them metered.
Gareth Fisher Mini splits, electrical baseboard or oil
21 June 2018 | 13 replies
@Gareth Fisher Things might be different in PA, but her in my area (MA), electric baseboard is the cheapest to install, but by far the most expensive to run.I have had retail buyer clients who have said that they would not even consider a property with electric baseboard heatI'm a fan of mini-splits (on your tenant's electric meter!)
David Savoy adding water meters to 4-plex
12 June 2018 | 2 replies
The water is not individually metered, so I'll have to pay that. 
Chris Luger How to Charge for Steam Heat in a Duplex
25 June 2018 | 0 replies
I'm including water/sewer as there isn't two meters
Douglas Rice Is this a good deal for me?
27 June 2018 | 4 replies
Metered seperatly at tenants expense. 
Angelique Diaz Inherited Tenants Who Installed Washer / Dryer
25 June 2018 | 3 replies
I'm going to be a bit of a contrarian to the above posters, but let me first qualify my post by stating that your market will determine what you should do.We frequently install en-suite laundry in our units - in fact, we have removed common coin-op laundry in most buildings of 6-units or less in favour of en-suite laundry - for the following reasons:electricity and, in most cases, hot water costs are transferred to the tenant;where water is sub-metered, water costs are transferred to the tenant;high-efficency residential laundry machines are about half the capital costs of commercial coin-operated machines;we can command $30 - $50/month in additional rent with en-suite laundry;by installing our own machines, we know they are installed property, with catch/drain pans and {going forward} leak detect shutoffs; andwith en-suite laundry vandalism of laundry machines has been non-existant ... and if a machine is damaged, we know who is responsible.We have a good rapport with a couple of local appliance suppliers and get called whenever they have "dinged and scratched" units to unload ... a small, cosmetic dent in the side of a washer - which will never be seen when it is installed in a laundry closet - can be worth a 40 - 50% discount.  
Jack Ropp Sub Metering Experience
27 June 2018 | 3 replies
Does it make sense to sub-meter the property and divide utilities, because I do not want to have all utilities in my name, now and in the future when both units are occupied by tenants?
John Kim Help with first mobile home park
12 August 2018 | 9 replies
Lots smaller probably due to the age...Guessing if you got gas bills its on master metered gas. 
Dan Brainard Experience with private electric meter
1 November 2017 | 0 replies
I've tried to have an additional electric meter installed but power company won't install one unless I have a second address (911 address) assigned to it, which the city won't let me do.
Anthony Angotti $200-300/month to spend on direct mail
23 November 2017 | 13 replies
The difference was letter was typed handwritten font and had a metered postal mark.