For most it’s a colossal waste of time and energy.

Take the time, energy and resources you are allocating towards this and refocus it on the underlying real estate.

Since electricity and water is included in our rent, we also have a clause stating that if the monthly bill doubles compared to the month-comparable bill from the prior year, then the excess will be assessed as a fee.

I think this gets missed sometimes, or people are surprised that they are taking a lot of risk AND energy/time to get returns generally available already with much lower of the two

I run my own small pressure washing/handyman business on the side while I was working full time over the summer doing plumbing and electrical.

And can I get away with only getting permits on new electric & moving plumbing, but demo,  erect walls myself and things like that?

Low energy spamming tbh 

I have one duplex that shares an electric meter, so I use RUBs to calculate the bill automatically.  

Hello, I have a one acre lot in northern New Mexico with septic and electric hookups.

I will graduate with my BS in Electrical Engineering in May 2025.