Ryan if you are buying this building to take over the practice then that 51% usage is a big factor for lenders.

This was a suburban area in GA.Another item if you pay utility is watching out for water usage increases even with no leaks from the city or county raising the water & sewer per gallon usage rates.

Of course, I want to be respectful of Chinese culture and avoid any boasting or inappropriate self-centeredness.

The main concern for me right now is the heat, although I could potentially meter the domestic water usage as well, but it would be more difficult due to the way the water lines are installed. 

-how do you recommend I enforce the usage of a Public Utility?  

On a given day, with heavy usage, I only need to charge my iPhone once a day.

I have an owner of a distressed property who has almost 160000 in equity in her property and the best usage for the property would be to convert it to a triplex.

Can I remove carpeting, doors, toilets, sinks, place a dumpster in driveway, blocking garage usage?

It will be a lot cheaper to just lower the rent to what the market will bear for a good tenant with no prior evictions and stable income.It's a lot easier to blame a high utility bill on the landlord than it is to monitor energy usage and live inside your own means.

I'm not even sure any of them even begin to understand 3 phase power and how big of a deal it is as far as usage, and how damn expensive it is to put a new 3 phase service in.When I tell them I need to store and repair my equipment, they just don't seem to grasp the scale even if I show them pictures.When I say my truck and forklift, I'm talking about thisAnd when I say I repair, move and set up big sandblasting equipment, I mean this.Not this