Buy or inherit and hold all their lives while working the properties for income.I've seen teachers, firemen, software engineers and all sorts of people utilize both strategies successfully.

If she still needs help there are programs that help the renter pay for utilities and rent. you can offer that as an option.

And pay all of his own utilities.

He keeps utilities in his name so he can shut them off if the tenant isn't behaving.

Also, do not rely on the rapid increases resulting from COVID; these increases are not sustainable.

Have any of you utilized Hometap?

Once you buy one, you'll probably buy more.Some suggestions:1) Us Quickbooks and set up Classes for each property and subclasses for each unit. 2) Scan EVERYTHING to either Google Drive or Dropbox. 3) Create a consistent folder-tree convention, example:   Main_123 (property address with street name first)   -General Property Info   --Insurance   --Property Taxes   --Title Docs   --LLC DOcs   --Purchase Docs   --Loan Docs-Utilities-Maintenance-Leases   --Folder (LastName_FirstInitial)-Advertising-Rental License-InspectionsAppliances & Mechanicals (pics, model tags, warranties, etc)4) Create list of consistent naming conventions for files so you don't have to open themExample: yyyy-mm-dd Main_123 Water Bill mm-dd to mm-dd $xx.xx               Lease Main_W_123_#unit (LastName_1stInitial) $RentAmount EXP yyyy-mm-dd5) Create a great lease by reviewing several from online, then have attorney review for compliance with state & local laws.

Why set the lease to start tomorrow if he wont be utilizing the room for another 3-4 weeks?

Use a copy of the Quit Deed to show the proof.Update everything associated with your business (utilities, bank accounts,...) to the LLC name 

So how do I make my tenets pay all the utilities?