He says, I have damaged it because of water. 

. -$1,600 surprise water bill from the city after they’ve sent notices about a potential leak. 

There are water issues and a frail retainer wall in back.

We have spent the past few months putting in over 25+ offers on houses in which we get blown out of the water by cash offers (which is not rare at all in middle Tennessee right now, why would anyone not want to move here!) 

I currently was looking at a fourplex to invest in; the only issue is that all 4 of the units were running off two electrical meters, one water heater, and two AC units.

So basically my tenant is asking to get meter readings for electricity, water and sewer the same month her lease ends.

Most of them are from people who know zero about the real estate business and they want to sell raw land in the middle of the desert where there are no roads, no markers, no electric within 20+ miles, no water and even the people wanting to sell this land can't identify the location of the land even if they were very close to it.

Where, is there water nearby, sewer or septic and is the run down or up hill? 

There was a small water leak under a toilet in a rental property I own.

This isn't all hypothetical, in 2018 rates hit a 7 year high water mark, a non-trivial bump in the overall 40 year pattern.