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Seth Williams Cost of Separating Gas Meters?
24 June 2022 | 20 replies

I'm looking at buying a 4-plex right now. After running the numbers and doing some pretty thorough research, this property appears to be a cash cow except for one little problem... there is only one gas meter, one ele...

Kevin Farrell Cost to put separate meters in older multi family
3 August 2024 | 29 replies

I am looking at a triplex and a six unit. Both were converted from large SFH to multi family a long time ago. The landords currently pay utilities which I think is insane. I want to know if any of you have a rough ide...

Brittney WIlliams A couple issues with my mobile home park
19 June 2021 | 6 replies

I have a tenant with a malfunctioning water heater that spews water everywhere running up the water bill that I pay. I’m running into roadblocks with what I’m legally able to do to get them to fix or replace it. I can...

Gene Baldwin How to split the water bill with only 1 meter?
24 October 2019 | 13 replies

Hello all!
Thank you in advance for your time, advice, and experiences!
We recently purchased a property in Wisconsin with 6 units— 2 commercial and 4 residential. One of the commercial tenants is a hair salon, and ...

Megan Hanks Newbie question about Utilities
4 June 2015 | 12 replies

Hello BP community!!I have recently acquired my first rental property and it came with tenants in place.  They are moving out in 2 months and all the utilities are in their name.  My question is, after the current ten...

Zach Wright Rent by the room: Utility strategy
25 October 2022 | 19 replies

I am actively searching for my first house hack deal (western MA, > 4 bed 2 bath, single family/duplex, <250K).
I am wondering if anyone has experience dealing with utility expenses while renting by the room. I...

Kyle Isenberg Choice of Heating for rental property
31 August 2022 | 12 replies

Just a general question to see what everyone thinks…What would be your choice for heating a rental property? I feel like central air is a great investment just for the sake of ease of use for a tenant. It also gives u...

Paul Smith Lowering Utility Costs
25 November 2020 | 15 replies

I'm in escrow to purchase a 6 unit apartment building in Ohio and I noticed the sewer and water costs were 73% of the total monthly expenses. Is there a way to lower those utility bills? Perhaps I could pay to have a ...

Soheil Zarrin Increase Utilities, Rent or Both
15 March 2020 | 14 replies

I am buying a 4-plex and inherit the old tenants from the previous owner. The rents are below market price and include all the utilities except electricity (Water, Sewer, and Trash are included). The property has one ...

Noah P Bonds Need advice: spilt utilities vs add a utility fee.
5 April 2021 | 6 replies

Plan is to sell in the next 5 yrs or so. Trying to split gas & electric utilities so tenants pay their own.Trouble is doing so may cost 10k or so. It will eliminate me having to pay their bills though, which are r...