The verbal agreement was that my roommate would pay half of rent and utilities.

When they provide  it it’s not really free anyway, they add a bunch of junk fees and More importantly they do a basic search for recorded liens only and don’t cover unrecorded liens like code violations, utilities, etc. 

So, I'm all about creating a path to get as many of the people utilizing those services to pay for them as possible, so that my tax burden is lessened.Is it about borrowers/buyers?  

Here are the 2014 numbers I put together when I looked at the property late last year:  2014Rents (Total):       67497Apartments:        37497 Dental office:      30000                 Expenses:           -24878     Taxes:                 -5372 Insurance:          -3360 Utilities:               -9196Maintenance:     -2000 Repairs:              -2700Management:     -2249Net Op Income:    42618Asking price is $700k.

Then there is an onsite maintenance person who get free rent and utilities for another $8388/year.

Additionally, a vacant property with no utility services, especially in winter months, can be a substantial increase in risk and the mortgagee both has the duty to protect the property and to notify the insurer of the changed conditions thereby increasing the risk of loss"

We also utilized a lease as well.

So about a month ago we had a pipe burst in one of our unit, water ran from upstairs bathroom down to kitchen and into basement. water remediation company had fans and dehumidifiers in that tenants place for about a week running continuously. their utilities bill webt from being approx $50 normally to about $108 dollars so around double. theres 3 roommates in that unit and each one got a $100 disount for that months rent to compensate for any contractors coming in and out and not having hot water for about 5 days. my question is should i pay for the additional electricity used caused most likely by the dehumidifiers and fans?

Do the tenants pay utilities?

The building is a complete gut renovation and with nearly 5,000 SF of building requiring utility upgrades as well as running all new MEP's throughout the 6 units I am already pushing the $500K point.Wanted to reach out and see if anyone has any knowledge on whether this deal is worth pursuing - at this point it seems that she is looking for someone to assume all risk and give her a brand new building with zero effort involved.