It is my understanding that the company works out the tenant billing rates based on your master utility bill to keep it consistent and fair.So, the technology exists BUT is it legal in Maine to bill the tenants in this way?

I’m based in Franklin, MA, and I’m looking to connect with investors interested in opportunities across Massachusetts and Rhode Island, particularly from RT90 to Cape Cod and areas outside Boston’s 128 belt.

In the case of a successful tort against you, you might regret commingling funds in a single bank account, but I can't see how keeping them consistently separated would ever burn you, even if it is a bit less convenient.  

Biggest thing IMO is getting close to the train station and have a high quality units that may not look attractive on paper the first few years but will have the ability to raise rents consistently long term. 

For many owners, this is a win.Other owners may value the consistent monthly deposits rather than worrying about the usually seasonal STR incomes. 

The other qualities of being successful is just consistency, do it daily.  **** is hard, but that's the reason not everyone is successful. 

Hard work and consistent action pay off.

While it doesn't meet the 1% rule it's in a stable, desirable area that'll perform more consistently for you over time so it's worth the tradeoff in my opinion.

For context, 4 adults and all our tech living here, we were running about $250/mo on average per month for electricity anyway... outside of summer a/c useage. so all in all, its saved me about $2k a year if i had to guesstimate for you (it stays hot here through October usually).i still owe about $23k on mine, have no intentions of selling the house. but if i decide to move out and rent the whole house out, our market would support higher rent in exchange for no electricity bill. i think you just need to decide what YOUR main benefit of having the panels are. for me it was for the house-hack, and consistent billing, despite the usage. if its strictly for property value increase, i'm not sure it would be worth it, pending your specific market. 

My extensive real estate experience consists of 1 flip.I have an idea and I'd like to test the waters here in the forums.