The PM collects the rents, pays the majority of the bills, and gives the owner what is left over.

You can ask the contractor if he can identify the cause and if so you can bill back the tenant if they are responsible.2.

Get the easy stuff first - rent roll and lease end dates, any bills the landlord pays - common area maintenance, maybe water, sewer, taxes, and insurance.

., but RHR charges $10 per bill payment, a fee for renewing rental registration, fuel surcharges for service calls, etc.

Congrats you just made discovery a more drawn out process than necessary and your insurance carrier's legal bills have gone up which I can assure you will impact your next year's premium.  

Recently, NYC Council has passed a bill, the F.A.R.E. act,  that shifts the brokers fee to who ever hired the broker (Usually the landlord).

Hi Bill Le,There are a couple scheduling companies that do automate scheduling, complete ID verifications for you and provide access codes for self-guided tours, but without cameras, who's to say someone can't unlock a window and come back later?  

I agree with other responses here, and to piggyback on them it seems everyone plans to 'own forever' when they sign a 30 year lease or finance term, and then things change (job, relationship, life events, etc) and folks try to sell the property with 25-28 years left.Banks do not look at power bills when determining DTI, but they will look at a solar loan/lease. 

An attorney is going to want you to get an LCC, and whatever else (s)he can bill you for.  

This could lead to a huge tax bill and penalties at the end of the year.