Peter Morgan
Vacant apartment high electricity bill!
Hello,My apartment has been vacant last couple of months.The first vacant the electric utility bill came around $150 and I noticed that the central AC furnace was on so I turned it off immediately but to my shock the ...
Jacob I Strauss
Starting Out as a Landlord of a 4-plex
Hey BP so I'm excited because it's looking like I'm going to be the proud owner of a 4-plex breaking my analysis paralysis buuuuuuut I could use some direction.
1. currently the water is paid by the land lord half th...
Daniel Kokodoko
Shared utilities question in Atlanta area
Hello all, I just closed on a small Single Family home in the Atlanta area (Stone Mountain). I'm currently rehabbing the property and I'm planning on finishing up the basement to make it a stand alone 1BR rental (Long...
Frank Rizzo
Electric sub-panel recommendations
Hi,I own a property with 2 cottages on the same electric meter that I pay the bill on. When i renewer the leases I changed it so they would be responsible for their own electric bill (they have been abusing it with sp...
Angelo Llamas
Paying for the utilities
What would one of you suggest for a medium term operator whose tenants may be over using a specific utility like gas or electric. Has anyone ever made the tenant have to pay for a single utility and have the others be...
Lucas Bennett
Just got our first water bill... so let's talk about Sub-Metering
Dear BP Family, I know this isn't the most flashy of topics, but here is the situation I am in: My company recently purchased a 7-unit property in Portland, OR (Keyword alert: 'Portland' is being discussed on biggerpo...
Erik Cabral
Pay or not to pay - Water bill on multi-family properties
I picked up a 2 unit multi-family property. Unit 1 is a 1bed/1bath. Unit 2 is a 3 bed/1 bath. I've accounted for me paying the water and sewer in my numbers but have also had others recommend I pass this cost down to ...
Casey Rozas
Tenant Power turned off - names on lease
The energy company turned off the power to the house. There are 2 names on the lease. When the tenant went to the energy company to turn the power back on, they said they can't bc one of the tenants owes them $1200 fr...
Christopher Hu
First Rental Property listing questions
Hi everyone! I'm getting ready to list my first large property with 3 separate units (Main Unit, ADU, DADU) on a SFH. As Landlords I'm curious to get your take on the below:-Which utilities (Electric, Water/Sewer, Tra...
Jimmy S.
tenant still did not put utilties in there name
Got a new tenant and moved in on the 1st. They have gas heat and hot water. I called UGI, the gas company and they did not put the gas in there name yet. I called my tenant and they said UGI needs a duplicate of the...