Courtney Murphy
Whose Name Should Utilities Be In??
Hello,I am wondering if there are any reasons for or against having the utilities in my name vs our property manager.Thanks!
Justin L Novak
Unpaid Utilities in Virginia
Hey first time landlord here... also just had my first eviction. Does anyone know how the law works for unpaid utilities? From I can see it looks like the utility company is supposed to try to collect from the tenan...
Robert Hernandez
Evicted my first ever tenant do I have to pay the water bill?
So I just evicted a tenant for not paying there rent. And I believe the water company shut off water.
I plan to call the utility company. But I am wondering if I have to pay the bill that the tenant didnt pay.
Per l...
Justin Stephens
Proof New Tenant Transferred Utilities Prior to Move-In
I'm curious how most landlords expect the tenant to prove they have transferred the utilities before you hand over the keys? Do you require them to bring emails / confirmation numbers / etc? (not sure what all there...
Alanna Moorer
Water Bill Problem Keeping Me from Selling
Hello everyone. I'm in desperate need of advice and I'm hoping one of the seasoned professionals reading this can help me. in 2013, I became an "accidental landlord," meaning I was never able to sell my old house so I...
Zack Kosenka
Water Service Turned Off and In Different Name
Hello BP, I rehabbed and rented out my first rental property this April. Everything was going ok, until I got a bill for the water service between May 16-June 14 ...they offer a program that switches the service back ...
Melissa Hale
What utilities, if any, do you pay?
I am looking into a SFH in Tacoma, WA and I was wondering, what utilities do people pay for? My sister who invests in the Denver, CO area pays for water because she says that for her, the utility company can put a li...
Omar Prado
Chicago house hacking, how to split electrical bills legally
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...
Brandy Hall
Water Sub-metering, How Do I Do It Remotely?
Hi there! I'm wondering if anyone has used sub-meters on a multi-unit property. I'd like to sub-meter the water to bill accordingly instead of just splitting the water bill down the middle (for two existing units). ...
Angie Y.
Splitting out shared utilities
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....