The other utilities will just come on when you change them to you, but you do want to be there right away to check for gas leaks.

I hired a GC to manage the build out, but there has been no consensus on who is responsible for the utility payments (Water and Energy). 

Instead, can you just cover the utilities or go to the laundromat.

Hello real estate arbitragers,How do you typically handle utilities in arbitrage deals?

.  -- If the units are the same footprint, then why not just do 50/50 on utilities for each side and 100% when one is vacant.

Pay to separately meter the utility.

I think it would be a disservice to all of the consumers who utilize BiggerPockets to learn and network with professionals and service providers to not have this new information given to them.Bob Prisco (aka Bob Stevens) actually utilized a 2nd BiggerPockets profile from 2018 to 2020. 

Out of curisosity, are you considering utility reimbursement portion as "Owner making money?" 

@Marc Robinson some may be more adventurous than me but with septic and well I would walk awayI prefer TOH of course but with $300 lot rent and 19 occupied, utilities included in rent I would pay $400-450k for this

If that's the case, you would charge rent + utilities + water or just lump it into one rent fee.One thing to keep in mind is that friends often bail on deals like this once you get it so you have to be prepared to have to figure it out if you get the house and he isn't interested.