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Melissa Ulloa Single Water Meter on a duplex rental
20 April 2022 | 4 replies

Hello accredited investors,
I wanted to know if anyone had a solution if you have 2 rentals (SFH) on a lot and one water meter, gas or electric and don't want to pay to have separate meter installed and NOT pay for t...

Michael Vigneault Splitting utilities in a 5 plex?
14 February 2023 | 4 replies

I'm wondering if anyone has advice: The water utility is no problem - divide by # of people in each apartment, add into rent. Each tenant has his own electric bill.Gas is the issue - only 3 apartments have gas, all w/...

Angie Y. Splitting out shared utilities
16 February 2024 | 3 replies

Hi! I bought a home and converted the garage into an ADU. I rented out the main house already, and all utilities are in the tenant's name. I split off the electric meter for the ADU, so that will be billed separately....

Angie Y. Suggested formulas for RUBS
18 February 2024 | 2 replies

Hi all! I have a property that I'm renting where the gas and water utilities can't be split out. One property is a 1BR/1BA 450 sq ft unit with one tenant, and another is a 4BR/2BA 1450 sq ft unit with 4 tenants. I'm g...

Joshua Ocean U guys r a bunch of powerless landlords.
23 February 2023 | 39 replies

When i ask for advice for what tp dp with a tenant who skipped out on rent, i get the same bull. You know why? Because were all a bunch of powerless landlords. Here what people say:it costs too much for an attorney to...

Robert M. Drive by appraisals versus Full Appraisal in tenant occupied properties?
13 February 2015 | 2 replies

I am interested in everyones thoughts on getting the highest appraisal in tenant occupied properties.  I am pulling some equity out to grow my portfolio with a community bank.  I think they are flexible and would allo...

Christopher Roper Rent by Room Utilities
17 June 2022 | 8 replies

I'm about to close on my first investment property (a rent-by-room house hack in San Antonio) and I couldn't be more excited!
Rent-by-room landlords, how do y'all handle utilities? Flat fee? Build it into rent? Or ch...

Manny Lamarre Tenant Issue/question in FL
26 May 2020 | 8 replies

Greetings - I would love to hear feedback about this nightmare tenant. Any insights would be greatly appreciated. A Florida tenant has refused to pay rent since Nov. 2019. Said the reason was she's a foster mom and ha...

Shannon Sadik Would you take a smoker who promises to quit?
10 October 2015 | 44 replies

We just closed on a very nice home and are asking a higher rent for it. It's outside of the summer months when this house would typically rent and we have been struggling to find tenants. We have two young men who are...

Eva Rosales First tenant just left without notice and destroyed the place
6 June 2017 | 10 replies

So, I help my dad who lives out of the country manage a duplex that he recently bought. This is our first round of tenants, we have one side rented, that *knock on wood* seem great. We screened a lot of tenants and wa...