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Noah Barba Should Rent Factor in Utilities?
31 December 2019 | 3 replies

Hey guys, pretty basic question here: should I include utilities in the rent? Not only should I do it, but does the rent someone sees listed on Zillow, realtor, etc. include the utilities? When estimating a property I...

N/A N/A Utilities????
14 March 2009 | 11 replies

New landlord wants to know what utilities he should opt to pay for, if any at all. I have seen it go either way. Tenant pays ALL utilities, or Landlord pays water and sewer. Thanks in advance for any help!!

Eddie Knoell Turnkey - who handles the utilities when the property is vacant?
4 January 2018 | 7 replies

I started investing in residential real estate in 2017 by purchasing 3 properties from 3 different turnkey providers in the midwest. Two of the turnkey providers operate their own property management company. These tw...

David Beasley How to go about making tenants pay utilities
25 February 2020 | 2 replies

How would you guys go about making the tenants in a multi-family pay utilities which they all have separate water meters as of right now the recent owner paid all utilities for them. 

Rennie K. Tenant not signing the lease
26 December 2013 | 34 replies

I am fairly new to this site and have a basic question. Recently, I rented a unit to a person who has paid the deposit (one months rent) in cash along with pro-rated rent for the part month (that he moved in). Since...

Jake Spockets Imperial Beach Ca ADU
2 December 2020 | 9 replies

Will having ADU utilities on a separate meter have negative long term value ramifications?  I would like to discuss, the potential risk for long term property value decline due to mutli-unit classification by lenders ...

Nicholas A. How To Transfer Utilities Into Tenant's Name
11 March 2023 | 28 replies

Hello BP Friends,I am sending out a lease for signature today. This will be the first lease I have ever sent out fro LTR.How do I go about putting all of the current utilities into my tenants name?I will need to put:1...

Carolyn Stuart Charges to tenants when renting out rooms
30 October 2020 | 10 replies

Hi everyone, I hope to rent each of the 2 bedrooms in a townhouse I'm rehabbing now to traveling nurses. Should I split the utilities between the 2 tenants in a bill separate from their room rents or just charge enoug...

Brandon McCombs should utilities be counted in the total monthly rent amount?
12 November 2018 | 7 replies

We have started to allow tenants retain utilities in our name but we have wondered whether the amount we add on for utilities should be counted as part of the monthly rent, especially for reasons of aligning with the ...

Travis Soileau New Real Estate Deal Description
15 December 2009 | 7 replies

As usual I will post my deal that I am working on.

I am purchasing a house in a below average neighborhood. It will be a 10,000.00 dollar sale cash. The total will cost me 10410.00 with closing cost. They already hav...