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Ben Feder How to get tenants to pay for utilities?
16 September 2021 | 11 replies

How do you get tenants to pay for the utilities? Do they get a bill from the utility companies directly, and if so, how do you set that up? If not, do you personally bill them for the cost each month in addition to re...

Louie E. Paying utilities vs not paying utilities
14 August 2023 | 5 replies

Good day.  When does it make sense to make tenants pay utilities.  I have this 4-plex on contract and the current tenants have the utilities included in their monthly rent.  2 are paying 650 and the other 2 paying 550...

Jacob Yates Splitting utilities in a duplex
5 July 2023 | 8 replies

Hi everyone I am looking at making an offer on my first deal. I would like to have each tenant pay for their own utilities. I know some laws may require that certain things be set in place to have tenants pay for thei...

Toni Baca HouseHacking - Leases?
25 September 2020 | 5 replies

Just bought my first house hack in Colorado! I am writing leases for 3 tenants and am wondering what I should change/add to the lease if anything? My plan is $800 month to month for the first two months then $775 if s...

Sophie Latapie Bundling utilities into rent?
9 January 2021 | 13 replies

Hi all. I'm considering rehabbing a rental property to make it as energy efficient as possible, including replacing appliances and converting the kitchen to induction - which could (in an ideal world) bring down energ...

Kristen T. Utilities
5 March 2015 | 7 replies

I need some help in figuring out my next step.  I've had new tenants in my townhouse rental since October 1, 2014.  They pay their rent on time, I've done 1 walk through so far and everything looked great, but I'm hav...

Tom Hick Tenant left with a PGW bill in excess of $5k
25 June 2019 | 13 replies

Tenant left with a PGW bill of $5000 plus. I am in Landlord Cooperation Program but still unsure if a lien will go against my property since the amount might of accrued before entering in their program. Tenant is dem...

Hector Lewis Water bill in my name or the Property Management Companies Name
20 July 2022 | 7 replies

Hello,I recently closed on a duplex in Texas.  The utilities are paid by the tenants except for the water.  My new property management company asked if I wanted the water bill in my name or property management company...

Jorge Liang Tenant has been delinquent to all utilities since Jan 2023.
28 October 2023 | 11 replies

A little context - my tenant has been in a pissy mood since I confronted him about misusing the driveway (blocking traffic flow). He started to be late on utility payments sporadically since Jan 2023. Then, in around ...

Mike Willis Tentents paying Water, Sewer & Garbage...
14 April 2019 | 4 replies

We're closing on our first rental next week and going to challenge ourselves by being the property manager.We're going to have the tenant pay thier own water, sewer & trash.What's your experience with the tentent...