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Nick Jax Inherited Bad Lease - Need Some Guidance
2 August 2017 | 4 replies

Hello,I purchased a property with 3 apartments and 1 store.  There is only 1 water meter on the property, so I pay the water bill (working on that..). I inherited the leases of all 4 tenants.The store lease states I p...

Dan L. Splitting Out Gas In a 4 Unit
9 September 2021 | 17 replies

Hi All.
I am purchasing a four-unit, all one-bedroom apartment. It is a very good deal, especially because of the value-add with the giant garage in the back. However, one problem is the house has only one electric...

Aaron Wolman Looking to split utilities for the first time
29 January 2025 | 3 replies

I just purchased my first duplex (only SFHs in my portfolio so far) and it doesn't have the gas/water split. It cash flows without the utilities split but I am planning to hold onto for a long time so splitting the ut...

Leonard Lee one water meter for two units
10 March 2017 | 8 replies

I have a house and garage apt on one water meter. The units have diff number of tenants. How do I split the h2o cost fairly ?

Ian Martin Submetering water in Boston
22 June 2020 | 14 replies

Does anyone here have experience with charging their tenants for water individually via submeters installed on water sources in their rentals? I'm mainly curious what the sentiment was when going through the tenanting...

Lora P. Anyone with submetering experience?
21 April 2017 | 1 reply

Do any of you use a submetering service? What has been your experience?

Shylaja Nagineni Do I need city permit to install submeter for ADU utilities
6 March 2023 | 1 reply

Hi I am completing ADU project in Redwood city, This is a legalization of the unpermited garage conversion.I plan to rent both main unit and ADU and move away to a different place. Do I need to pull the city permit to...

Connor Streit How to split utilities
19 June 2020 | 3 replies

Hello all,I am currently analyzing a 4-plex deal that could provide some significant cash flow. However, the current landlord pays for all the utilities which comes out to roughly $500 a month. The rents are currently...

Joe Ruggiero Running the numbers in Massachusetts
6 April 2018 | 12 replies

Hey BP Boston!

I have a question on running the numbers in Massachusetts. I’ve been basically running the numbers on multi-family B+Hs for practice the past 3-6 months. I always run them assuming I wouldn’t be living...

Patrick Britton getting separate metering for utilities
23 July 2015 | 5 replies

Hi,I've got some clients looking at buying multi-family properties but a few of them don't have separate meters for power, in particular.  here in the NW, it can be quite the expense and i am wondering how feasible it...