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Account Closed Screening Tenants can be heart wrenching at times
21 February 2024 | 6 replies

I'm using five minutes of my daily wind down to vent a little bit.We own a 3 bedroom 1.5 bath SFR in Monroe, WA that had the same tenant for the past 5 years.  I'm hustling to get it ready for March 1st and have alrea...

Calvin D. How to Charge Utilities for an Up/Down Duplex with One Meter
1 September 2022 | 4 replies

I'm renewing the leases for a duplex that has 2 units: upstairs (3 bedroom, 3 people) and basement (2 bedroom, 2 people + 3 pets). There is one meter for both units. The strategy I have been using as recommended by my...

Dion Watts How to split common area utilities
13 October 2022 | 3 replies

Hi y'all
Recently purchased my first multi-family home last month with my sister and are looking for renters at this time.  I am trying to get some information from experienced landlords how they have split up utilit...

Frank Rizzo Electric sub-panel recommendations
3 November 2022 | 3 replies

Hi,I own a property with 2 cottages on the same electric meter that I pay the bill on. When i renewer the leases I changed it so they would be responsible for their own electric bill (they have been abusing it with sp...

Chris G. Utily charge for tenants
20 January 2022 | 4 replies

I was wondering if anyone had a better insight on this issue. We have a deal with the owners that anything over $200 per month on utilities the tenants pay. So if there's 3 tenants in the unit and the utility bill is ...

Jerome Morelos Rent by the Room strategy Utilities
17 October 2022 | 5 replies

I plan on renting out the rooms in my property. Is it best to include the utilities in the rent or split them between the tenants? 

Kate Jones Solutions for utility payments
1 June 2022 | 3 replies

Hey BP.
I am currently looking to move from NY to Louisville. I read on the landlord-tenant laws that the landlord is in charge of paying the utilities. That is around 350 a month. From my understanding, some tenants...

Michael Wu Challenges surrounding utilities management
19 July 2024 | 6 replies

Hey everyone - I'm trying to learn more about the challenges of utilities management for landlords. Does anyone have any pain points / challenges that they'd love to share?
For context, I'm currently doing research o...

Christof Gardet Tenant wants to pay full years rent
2 October 2017 | 42 replies

Hey all I was wondering if any of you have had this happen before. It seems kind of sketchy for the tenant to want to pay full years rent. What should I look out for, how can I protect myself for anything bad that can...

Brandon Hicks Meth Lab Busted in my apartment and the kid wants his stuff.....
8 February 2017 | 14 replies

I had a tenant die (of "natural" causes I believe) 3-4 weeks ago. Apparently her son decided that her apartment, in my building would a grand place for a meth lab.I found out about the dead tenant and the lab in the s...