I like them except for their battery consumption.  

Dryer is electric (NG run was too involved) so I metered the KWH & found the new dryer averaged about $25/month & water consumption had not increased. 

I'm seeing anecdotal evidence in people's conspicuous consumption all over town that was happening right before the last crash. 

It would be horrible and devastating to get into a deal while you are making progress on fixing your credit and then have the deal go sideways because you didn't have enough of a reserve to handle a serious repair.Hustle, hustle, hustle; apply that to your consumption of knowledge here and elsewhere, to fixing your credit, to your business, to the creative methods you come up with to get your foot in the door and saving up.

It seems as if property taxes are lower in areas that have a higher consumption tax.

However, I have many controls to prevent overuse of utilities (locked thermostat, fees for excessive electric consumption, hot water in certain hours).

How can we reduce tenant water consumption in a 2 family property... especially a section 8 property.2.)

@Seth WisemanRead your meter.Turn on every light.Open your windows.Turn the ac on at the lowest temperature settingRun extension cords to your neighbors house and offer to run their appliances for the dayRead your meter after 24 hours.Assume 2x that is the daily energy consumption of short term renters.

I saw a presentation recently showing current normal consumption of newly built properties at 1.1 million units a year.  

A lot of ultra wealthy people just borrow against their equity for consumption, think founders of publicly traded companies.