Whose name the bill is in doesn't affect the landlord.

Renegotiating some utility contracts (garbage and removing some on site office paid internet/phone bills) 5.

I really can say that everything needs to be perfectly handled without any room for error.However, you do not need to go and study all aspects of Dodd/Frank, Safe Act, Senate Bill 43, the Property Code, the Finance Code, insurance law and all case law regarding wraps. 

The water bill is usually 500$ every 3 months.

You can easily calculate the price you would pay without the exemption by looking at the gross tax bill that was just run for 2024.

Whether it is a single family home or a 4 plex, it is still one sewer line, one roof, one gardener bill, one tree trimming, etc. that cost the same no matter what.Best of luck!

Quote from @Bill B.: The problem is the government would have to get out of the way.

I am paying the property tax bill when it comes due, so that is what shows up on my statement.

He claims he put 10,000,000 down and has an FPL bill of about 9,000/m for his 4 stories and yacht.

They are billed as "a scientific approach to single-family rentals" and use "institutional grade property management," which usually means they are a tech company in real estate and likely either don't have the existing property management relationships in each area or you chose an area where they don't have enough units through Roofstock for the PM they chose to care.