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Shikha Gandhi PM paying evicted tenants utilities from landlord's account
14 March 2022 | 15 replies

Hello, my property mgmt evicted a tenant (hadnt paid rent in 6 months) on an SFM in memphis. now PM is adding evicted tenants utilities bills of over $1000 to my ledger. I have no idea why property mgmt is paying for ...

Daniel Miller question about utility handling
8 October 2012 | 10 replies

I am getting ready to rent out my first house (it's my dad's house, he's in a dementia facility now). One basic question that I have: what, exactly happens with the utility bills once a renter moves in; do I change t...

Omar Prado Chicago house hacking, how to split electrical bills legally
14 June 2023 | 3 replies

Hello fellow investors I have an electrical question regarding Chicago, IL utilities. After inspection on a 2 unit, non conforming 3rd unit we found that the 3 of the panels currently there have shared fuses meaning t...

Tereal Wilsonn Utilities
9 February 2016 | 9 replies

When tenants vacate the property , what became of the utilities in Michigan , do they get shut off automatically once they inform the service provider they moving ?

I've just never dealt with this and need direction

Peter Hroph New landlord - questions about utilities, time frames, and other
15 May 2014 | 7 replies

Hi,

I'm in the process of purchasing my first property and have few basic questions that I would like to get your input:

1. How do you verify that tenant signed up for utilities under their name? (ex. ele...

David O. How to handle final utility bill?
13 August 2022 | 6 replies

I have tenants moving out at the end of May, and a new group moving in beginning in June. The final utility bills for the tenants moving out probably won't be available until the middle of June. Will the utilities sen...

Tristyn Combs Calculating STR Utilities!
25 February 2022 | 8 replies

Hi all, how do you go about calculating utility costs for short-term rentals, specifically for an out-of-state market? Do you Google and/or contact utility companies in that town to get an average of utility costs bas...

Ben Kevan Switching Utilities on Tenant Occupied
24 February 2011 | 1 reply

I'm closing on my first property tomorrow, and had a question regarding the utilities that are paid for by the tenants.

Here are the 4 utilities:
Owner Paid:
Sewer
Water
Tenant Paid:
Electric
Gas

It's obvious tha...

Eric B. Copy of Lease to Start Trash Service???? Really?!?
14 May 2015 | 11 replies

Just got a call from a new tenant starting her services at one of my new rentals.  The waste company wants a copy of her lease to start the service.  Really?  I have never heard of such a thing.  A year ago this same ...

Kari Wiederrecht Do you call around for every property you are analyzing?
18 November 2021 | 1 reply

Hello,I was wondering - when you are a new investor and learning do you call places like the utility company on every property you analyze? And call for insurance and everything? I feel like they would get tired of me...