So I notice a lot of multifamily landlords I talk to seem to be paying for water/sewer/garbage. Is this normal? For example, a house is split into an upper and lower unit, each 2/1. The current landlord pays ~$190 a m...
I have an up/down rental where the upstairs tenant is responsible for the electric bill. Over the past two months, the electric usage has been high and they have been arbitrarily deducting from the rent payment wha...
I received the standard tenant at will lease agreement from my real estate agent. There's this part that I don't understand."The LANDLORD shall pay all charges for water and shall reasonably supply hot water and heat...
Hello BP!I have a 3 family in a nice area close to Brown University in Providence RI. Most rentals include laundry in there units or coin operated in basement, and as of now I have not done anything in regards to laun...
I'm curious to get feedback on whether it would be worth the expense to install a 2nd boiler / hot water heater for a small duplex so the tenants can be responsible for their own gas usage. There is currently one mid-...
Anyone have any suggestions on helping reduce our natural gas utility bill. We use gas for hot water heaters and heating our units in our 10 plex. We are considering adding more insulation and switching tenants over f...
Good day fellow members! My family started the REI pathway late 2021 and has closed on 2 SFH, 1 pending SFH, and one 5-unit multi-family house. Some details on the multi-unit located in Glenolden (SW suburb of Phila...
We are looking for deals, but the question comes: should tenants pay for utilities: mainly electric & heating oil or would you have the expenses calculated in the monthly rent? We bounced this back an forth but ne...
Hello everyone,I am new to real estate and myself and father are new landlords also. We purchased a nice triplex and I am a bit concerned about having to pay for heat and hot water. At some point we will figure someth...
I'm trying to rent my 2nd floor in my owner/occupy, but I'm running into some resistance on my heat utilities as I have oil heat/hot water.Currently I am including water/sewage but tenant would pay electric/heat/hot w...