Have it built in to the lease that if it exceeds what I charge them on a monthly basis they would be responsible for the overage -- Charge an additional $375 for gas/water/trash/electric -- I will only provide a rebate if the utilities are less than $325 per mo.So far so good -- the only mistake I may have made is not having the parents sign as guarantors, hope it doesnt bite me in the butt, however based on all of the information I was provided I was satisfied everything would be paid and on time - so far it has and I spend quite a bit of time trying to analyze someones character on the phone, in person meetings, following directions etc...they passed all of the tests.Monthly rent is $1495  (actually $1545, however to force online payments - a $50/mo online payment discount is applied so they feel they are getting a "deal" by paying online)Deposit was $1795 which they are paying installments - They have 2 more installments left.Then utilities charge of $375 per mo.  

All my sites are based on Wordpress however they have lots of plug in features and customizing.

They may try to borrow electricity from a neighbor and run extension cords from one dwelling to another and hook the extension cord to a power strip to plug in multiple things and blow a fuse or cause a fire.If a tenant doesn't pay the natural gas bill, some of the same things mentioned above could happen because of lack of heat and lack of fuel for the range.If a tenant doesn't pay the garbage bill and service is stopped, piles of trash can build up and can attract insects, rodents and other vermin.  

Have you been in this guy's apartment for a general inspection and seen proof of smoking such as ash, ashtrays, butts, etc?

@Percy N. and @Steve Babiak thanks for yet another way to plug in.

From your 4lease4sale site, you state: "If you have a commercial property you’re looking to sell in Oklahoma, Texas or Kansas, in particular the Tulsa, Oklahoma City, DFW, Houston or Wichita area" so if I plug these cities into your keyword variable above, that gives us at least the following terms:sell my house fast oklahoma city - I can identify everyone on the 1st page, not seeing you there.sell my house fast kansas - not seeing you there.sell my house fast tulsa - not seeing you there.sell my house fast dfw - not seeing you there.Am I missing something?

I know I didwhen I was one of the larger buyers in the pDX metro. area so the bigger players we just kick butt on the beginners because our information is real time and free and better.

When the market softens and you start losing equity and those rentals really become negative you will be kicking yourself in the butt!

Depending on your end game- rental -flip - hold, for rentals- I get 12x12 granite tiles (under 5 bucks each) butt them together and trim it with 2" wood that matches either the granite or the cabinets.

It may be you have an annual number plugged into a monthly number.