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Carolina Chang Cleveland, OH Utilities
25 January 2021 | 7 replies

Greetings BiggerPockets community! I'm new to the REI world and I'm very excited to get my first rental property. What do tenants pay for and what do landlords pay for in terms of utilities for Cleveland, OH?

Aliyyah Carter Utilizing Property Managers
23 December 2023 | 11 replies

Curious to hear your take on utilizing property managers. Have you found it beneficial in your investment journey? What specific advantages or drawbacks have you encountered when deciding between self-management and h...

Alex Waite House Hack Utilities
26 May 2020 | 2 replies

I purchased a house hack with my tenant occupying the basement only and I have built a small kitchenette in the basement for the tenant. I am wondering how should I charge or not charge for utilities. I am occupying a...

Harry Brooklyn Estimating utilities expenses
14 March 2024 | 2 replies

Hi,
Does anyone have placeholder amounts (numbers or percents of something...?) they use for total utilities, or broken down by water, electricity, heat if unknown for multifamilies? I’m looking around RI, MA, NH to...

Shane Bishop Utilities: Who pays?
10 April 2023 | 21 replies

Hello everyone, My wife and I are looking to purchase our first rental property in the upstate of South Carolina and are hoping to utilize this opportunity to do a house hack!  However, since this is our first time do...

Jason Ortiz Help Splitting Utilities
26 September 2022 | 3 replies

Hello everyone. Hope everyone is doing well. I have a property in the Bay Area which has an ADU in the back of the property. I'm interested in splitting the some of the utilities like the electrician, gas and if possi...

Jake I. Question About Utilities
8 January 2016 | 23 replies

I see on most of the Bigger Pockets blogs, podcasts, or webinars that when analyzing a property and its expenses, many times utilities such as water/sewer/garbage, electricity, gas, etc. are thrown into the expense co...

Luke S. Splitting up Utilities
26 June 2013 | 7 replies

I am looking to buy a 4 plex that the owner currently pays all heat/electric on.

Do you guys know the implications/cost of splitting up these bills (or just one or the other? )

Thanks in advance.

Luke

James Lindall Utility efficiency programs
8 August 2017 | 0 replies

As a newbie, I haven't been through all the forum posts but I did want to remind everyone of the programs the local and national utility companies offer for weatherization. In my state (RI), natural gas and electric h...

Jeff Prather Utilities between tenants
7 August 2017 | 1 reply

I'm house hacking a duplex. The other side is in transition between tenants. It will be unoccupied for a month but the next tenants are lined up and under lease. I've read some other advice regarding keeping the power...