I believe someone is intentionally increasing water usage and running up the bill. Has anyone had a similar situation and how did you handle it. It’s a 9 unit building so proving who it is would be difficult.

Hey BP,We are buying an apartment complex in Kentucky.  One of the value-adds we want to do is add a washer dryer hook up in the units as we can get a nice rent increase for it.  We are running into a problem on findi...

I'm having abnormally high water/sewer bills for my duplex in Parma, Ohio. Here are the stats from Cleveland Water and NEORSD (sewer):~$100 avg for 1.9-2.1 MCF water usage per month~$200 avg sewer costThe total of $30...

Hey guys. I recently picked up my first rental property and got a smoking deal on the home. There are tenants already in place. Upstairs unit and downstairs unit. As per their leases already in place I am responsible ...

When I built my current rentals I spent a fair amount of extra money to run separate water services with water company meters. The idea is to get the tenants to pay for their own water thereby eliminating that fixed c...

We just received a bill of $800 for sewage and water... It's usually just $200 or less. I called the city and they said the meter is fine. I had a plumber come take a look at it and he said nothing is leaking. The cit...

I just received the results from an inspection on a house I closed on (REO). My first flip and I’m trying to interpret these results to make sure I budget correctly. Any initial thoughts and budget numbers you (experi...

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I’m a landlord of 4 units building. We have a problem with water bill we receive every 2 month from city and is $200 more than before! So far, city didn’t increased their water, so we fine with it. More then that...

Long story short: I thought I had a water leak when my bill spiked $1,000 for 2 months in a row. A fourplex I bought in December has 1 water line so water is included in the rent. I've had 4 different plumbers (one sp...

Hello BP,
I've noticed my sump pump is getting louder lately. I'm unfamiliar with maintenance on these as I didn't have them where I lived. I've never seen a set up like mine, it has what appears to be a pump then it...