Hello,I had a tenant last winter and the heat in his unit was supplemented by the unit above him.It gets really cold down there in winter but he chose not to have free heat and sealed the vents tightly with an aluminum foil without  letting me know , I could have easily adjusted the thermostat to lower  per his needs if he had told me and supplemented my apartment above with any additional heat but he chose to seal without letting me know inspite of my warning later on and obviously it can have detrimental effect on the tubing inside the walls due to excess pressure build up.He also complained about high electricity Bill's (obviously he would incur high utility bills when he turns on his electric radiator without using the free heat he was getting) I ended up having an oversight from my end as I did not verify if sealing vent caused any damage . 

They need to know that this bill is going to disproportionately hurt IRA savers with IRAs less than $1M.

We do that as a "Utility Offset" in order to protect our owners from extremely high utility bills when there are more than the normal guest count.Hot tubs can be incredibly valuable!

I have a friend that secured a deal on a property in La Jolla with none of his own money because he listened to the owner -- I kick myself to this day because I had talked to the same owner numerous times about other things but I didn't listen to him like my friend did so I missed the opportunity.I had kind of tuned out the opportunity because the property is in a really expensive part of La Jolla and I didn't think I could secure a deal on a $5M house when I was just starting out.But my friend -- who had no more experience than I did -- and the developer he worked with -- and who paid for everything -- made $7M each off that deal because the house ended up selling for $28M.Anyhow, my point is that while you should keep doing what you're doing because there are deals everywhere and you don't need to live near by, don't ignore your own backyard because you probably know it much better than any other area.

Another option could be lowering rent a bit but putting an additional responsibility on the tenant, such as lawn maintenance or a bill that you would normally cover.Good luck!

Utility bills, rental lease agreements, paychecks with home address, address on IRS returns past 5, 1099 and w-2 mail to address, USPS mail records ... are what you need if you push the limit and get audited.

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Do I have to give her those energy bills without some kind of court order (to be clear the bills were split according to the agreement, nothing to hide)? 

-New Congressional bill reintroduced to reinstate eviction moratorium.

I bought a new investment property a few months ago, and the lender mailed my mortgage bill to the investment property and not my primary residence.