I'd like to put all utilities on the tenants (electric, water, sewer, garbage) but this might depend on how the house is metered. 

If the city doesn't allow the tenant to put utilities in their name (for example, my Cleveland, OH tenants can't put the water bill in their name because it stays with the property), I invoice them and attach the bill so they know they're being charged for their usage.

Rent rate includes the following utilities, up to $150 per month: water, electric, sewer, trash, and natural gas.

I have looked into doing an offshore sale in international waters to avoid CA tax, but if I take the boat up north I will be paying essentially the same amount of taxes once I get to Seattle.

General permit fees, proffers, water/sewer tap fees and the process of setting taps and connecting.

@Moises Villasenor so how did you arrive at your capex number.My capex budget includes but not limited to: roof 25 year life span, floors 10  year life span, appliances and hot water heater 12 year life span, hvac 20 year life span, bath and kitchen 20 year life span.

Turns out the structure is a 60 X 40 building. ½ of the building has 2 huge garage doors and this is where he parked his RV’s and had a workshop. the other side of the structure has (according to him 2 bedrooms and a wooden deck on the side (so you can come outside on the deck and enjoy the view I guess) He says he rented out one of the rooms back in the days and a water heated broke and messed up the downstairs bedroom and he never fixed it up.

Taxes, utilities, water, insurance, and P&I are all actual numbers.

but I placed them in an expense/cost section along with water/sewer, trash, heat, electric, vacancy, management, maintenance, and capex.

Conscious decision, timing was important, price reflected generous buffer for known needed work.What I didn't realize is, the tenants are kind of irresponsible slobs, and rather than reporting things to me or applying a _proper_ fix, they'll do a hack fix (e.g. they tied a piece of cloth around a pinhole leak in a pipe, which resulted in expensive water damage years down the line).I've run into a such few cases, where repairs were needed due to long-term tenant negligence (when they rented from the previous owner, so basically before our lease), and I'd like to protect myself and hold them accountable for any future such things that come up.