what happens if i really cannot afford to pay the utilities(on account of no rent) and utility company shuts off power?

You will not be able to shut an individual tenant off if they do not pay, you would need to make sure your lease is iron clad on how you handle non-payment of water.

Well, at first the fire department showed up a block away from the house because in my panic after I accidentally cut a gas line with a hacksaw and couldn't shut off the gas meter I gave the dispatcher the wrong home address and had to run down the street on foot frantically yelling "your at the wrong house!"

It will be getting worse in the short run as the Bell Road and 60 grand highway intersection will be getting shut down for several months as they will be building an over pass.

***A WARNING TO INDIANA INVESTORS***If you buy a commercial building with 60 amp breakers AND the power has been shut off for ANY reason, the electrical companies in the state WILL NOT turn your power back on unless you upgrade to 100 amp systems.  

It doesn't leak when shut off, only when water is running.  

@Chris LevarekFor Probly the last 45 days I haven’t shut up about real estate.I’ve talked to family, friends, quite a few real estate agents, and have even talked to the majority of people at work, and no one has been interested.

At the very least, you'll want to take a vacation every now and then, so you'll need to either pay someone to take care of guests while you're away or shut down your rental during that time. 

Another view is since water and sewer service fees can be liened by the the authority or municipality for non-payment and the property potentially condemned if the service shut off, I pay those and calculate it into my leases. 

Like many others have stated, I wonder what happens when things turn down heavily, but I also think it might be the main place people who would be good bets but get shut down by banks when they hit lockdown go to get funding, so it could be fine.