It becomes a problem with water and electricity because they know they dont have to pay them out of pocket they will leave lights on etc.

A heat pump water heater, for instance, uses less gas than a gas water heater, assuming the electricity is produced by burning gas.Electric resistance heat is expensive and inefficient.A power outage in Houston is almost never an emergency except in the coldest storms every 50 years.When the power goes out your gas heat generally becomes unusable as well, because you still need electricity to run your blower motor.

Fortunately, selecting a "good" location is relatively easy if you use the right metrics.Rent and Price Growth Rate - Inflation is constantly eroding buying power; each year, it costs more to buy the same set of goods and services.

The building is on well and septic and has a generator for storms that ensures heat, water, and emergency lights,  no apartment electric. 

Redid everything, completely new electrical, new plumbing. removed a few walls. new kitchen.

I am trying to find out how to keep my tenants from running up the electricity and water bill

4 - What would you estimate for average monthly power, gas, water, and trash (I know, this is going to be a wide range depending on # of occupants, climate sensitivity factors, etc)?

These are the outlets you typically put near a water source such as in the kitchen or a bathroom in case the outlet or what is plugged into it gets wet it trips the outlet and cuts off the electrical supply so the person is not electrocuted.

That means you are paying back money that has less buying power than the money you borrowed. 

Then the delivery guy couldn’t restart the furnace and told him there was no power to it but it wasn’t the breaker.