Michael King
Bill for septic and water well usage?
I'm thinking about buying a mobile home park in Georgia. The park only has 8 pads with a well and septic tanks. I was wondering if I could a monthly usage change to cover maintenance expenses. Thanks for any info.
Robert Lindsley
Extra water usage in small apartment building
Hi there,Yesterday I received a call from the water company that my building water usage was 2x the normal amount. After researching the issue I discovered a tenant’s toilet has been broken for a month and has been l...
Kevin M.
BP calculator help (water usage/utility question)
Dear BPers,I would like to get someones rough estimate of a triplex with landlord (me) paying for water.Don't really like this idea but still want to crunch the numbers.My example is triplex 3bed/1bath, 2bed/1bath, 1b...
Michael Knaus
Water Usage per unit? Water Co says 2000 gallons a month!!!!
So I have been reviewing my water bill. The usage seems high so I am taking a closer look. I have a 3 unit building. Unit 1: 1br with 1 tenantUnit 2: 2br with 2 tenantsUnit 3: 3br with 2 tenantsThe building is on one ...
Shane Pearlman
Usage Up 50% : Water Abuse in Multi Family
I have a duplex with 3brs / 2.5ba on each sides which we have owned for 7 years. The property is Master Metered for water. The tenants pay a fixed water fee, which I base on an average monthly amount over the past 12 ...
Shawn Reidy
How to address water usage/bill on duplex
I'm writing in hopes of getting some advice about how to tackle a situation that I'm dealing with regarding the water bill. Here's the background:-I recently purchased a duplex and am occupying one unit and renting t...
Jesse Poll
Water meter on multifamily that separates the usage?
A while back I either heard a podcast or read an article that I believe came from Bigger Pockets. The topic was how their were companies that would come in and add separate meters to units and bill tenants for their u...
DeWayne Lewis
Billing tenants for Water Usage in San Diego County
I own a 10 unit building in Oceanside CA. Along with my property manager we noted instances were residents are clearly being wasteful (washing cars, not reporting leaks, multiple occupants etc.,.) Where practical, w...
Raj Chandra
Cleveland, Ohio, water/sewer huge bill <$11000 for a year>
We have a single family home in Cleveland, Ohio, which is rented out on section 8 (chma) , and few months back came to know that the water/sewer bill was not shifted on tenants name and we saw a $3500 water bill and a...
Mike S.
Water Saving Tactics
I own a multifamily property in which Landlord pays for water since it is not separately metered. I will start instituting a fixed price bill back to tenants but it would not cover 100% of the water bill (if I wanted ...