This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.

This type of issue can be addressed if the house has independent heating/cooling zones (but a lot of houses don’t have this feature).

Upper level stove is electric and upper level heat is electric.

Heating/AC, appliances, electrical, windows, paint, etc. 

Guests, just like those at your personal residence, require all sorts of amenities we don't often think of beyond the heating, cooling, water, waste, electricity and internet that hosts are responsible for.

However, due to the leak, the water heater kept trying to heat water constantly and the electric bill doubled.

Also when evaluating old dilapidated houses they have often sat with no heat through cold seasons and these rigid metal pipes don't hold up to the forces of freezing water very well.

They are energy efficient and help reduce the monthly heating bills.

Upon taking over I immediately raised the rents on the MtM tenants to $800 knowing I was also planning to switch the heat to a system where the tenants would eventually be paying for their own heat.

I am a HVAC technician in new york, and recently came across the NYSERDA clean heat program incentivizing the installation of electric heat pumps.