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Hey guys,Just had a question about paying utilities. I had taken over a property where the lease agreements said that the owner pays for water and trash. My question would be, if it’s been 2 years since the last rent...
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I did a search for my particular question, but did not quite come up with an answer.
I currently have a vacancy and just received a voicemail from a lady on Section 8 who visited the property this past weeken...
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Looking for rules of thumb or suggestions to estimate utility costs for STR properties purchase.
Is there a way to pull actuals online somewhere? Looking in Hudson Valley NY
thank you
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I'm currently working on creating a Power BI dashboard for my job and I was curious if anyone in the real estate community utilizes it. It might not be the most effective tool for most small landlords, but the through...
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Do you calculate utilities into your monthly expenses for a rental just in case you have to pay them or do you just start once you have a tenant in place?
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What is your average water &trash bill? I have a 3 flat. All have in unit washers. I got my 1st bill and it was 298 for one month. 2 units have 2 bathrooms and 1 unit has 3 bathrooms
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New to rentals as of 1/1/21. Bought property with tenant already living there. Tenant is responsible for utilities in lease but hasn’t paid utilities company yet. I just received notice that they will shut off utiliti...
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I have a single family home with a garage conversion. Both are 2bed 1 bath. Iam moving out and I am going to rent both units. I have not lived in the property while the other unit was occupied so I dont have any numbe...
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Hi - I just purchased an under/over duplex. Unfortunately the natural gas and the borough water/sewer/trash is not separated. Therefore, I have to do my best to divide the bills as fairly as possible. Would it be ...
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I have a tenant who just moved in in February and its seeming like he has never rented before. So far he's been late on the rent b/c he hasn't figured out routing the payments correctly and he still hasn't switched th...