Looking at it, tenants pay only electric so you'd be paying water,sewer, garbage, landscape and maintenance.

as far as how much electric , its all relative to how much water being used .  

I’m going TO OFFER $125K and do $15K UPGRADES.Mortgage - $1310/mth(30 YRS, $140K, $3600/YR, $1500/YR, 6.5%)Taxes - $3600/yrInsurance - $1500/yrUtilities - $425/mth (owner pays heat and water)(verfied by Weenergy and Water works)Property Management - $375/mthRepairs and Maintenance - $650/mthCap Ex - $300/mthTHEREFORE,INCOMING -$2525MORTGAFE - $1310PM - $375/MTHUTLITIES - $425/MTHRM - $650CAP EX - $300/MTHBalance is NEGATIVE -$535 PER MONTH.Looking for POSITIVE CASHFLOW OF AT LEAST $500/MTH.What would you offer?

Also, the supended ceiling in the basement clearly is wrecked from water damage, although during inspection no source could be found and above the ceiling everything looks good. 

Two of the homes are on one lot, and the water is NOT metered seperately.

Two of the homes are on one lot, and the water is NOT metered seperately.

Theres houses are designed to be cool and flashy but not practical and actually poorly designed and usually poorly constructed (because of the extremely fast time frame).

Are they just saying this to sound dramatic and look cool because everyone is going to be like "oof, this guy knows what's up" ? 

Obviously it is a benefit to pay for water because perhaps the tenants could water the landscape. 

Unfortunately I live in southern Alabama, so basements aren’t common here because of the water table.