When you include utilities in rent tenants tend to be less conscious of turning off lights over keeping the heat low.2. include a clause in your lease agreement that says utilities are included up to a certain dollar amount.

Other than heat tape, have you found any other tricks to keeping pipes from freezing below the mobile home and/or in the meter box?

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While there is always the possibility of the owner incurring a gas or electric bill liability... the alternative of letting it get shut off any time between November and March (especially December through February) could result in a financial disaster for the owner.I would be curious to know how many of you in the Cleveland market actually use utility reversion as a precaution vs how many take your chances; and separately how many winterize vs and how many of you leave the heat on in a vacant home.Best of luckBob Collett, PM  

Included in the fee is internet, heat, electric and laundry. 2.

There is one RARE exception, and that is when there may be a Gas Meter solely for the building heating unit.Since there were 4 Gas Meters, I knew it could either be a legal 3 Family but most probable it is a 4 Family.To confirm it was a 4 Family, I looked at the number of electric meters, which were 5 meters.

I  have a property that I am rehabbing and  I  am  considering putting in Baseboard  Electric Heat  as opposed  to HVAC for  cost cutting  but I am hesitant because I have  a feeling I  will receive a  substantially lower  appraisal from  the  Banks Appraiser, Does  anyone have  experience in this  selection ?

Look at the city heat maps with crime.

The warmest apartment in town is the one where heat is included in the rent.

If the unit did sit vacant, you're not only losing the rental income for those months, but you'd also be paying to heat the vacant side (as well as other costs if there is a separate water meter, trash collection, etc).