We are two people staying at a rental property in Texas for 15 months now. On an average our water consumption is about 3000 gallons a month. Since the last 4 months we have been getting absurd amount of water bills. ...

I am analyzing an 12 unit apartment where the owner pays water and noticed that the water bill represents 17% of the total operating income. I don't own any apartment, so I don't know if this is within the norm. I als...

Hello Everyone! Does anyone has experience with separating utilities in a multi-unit building - specifically heat? I manage a 6 unit building that has one commercial gas bill and we would like to have tenants pay for ...

I was recently at a payment center for my local water and power company and I began a discussion with an RE investor and he was outraged at how his tenants were consuming water. This landlord, I kinda felt his pain, s...

This fairly simple change in the tax law created some confusion that I want to clear.
The basic rules for deducting business meals have not changed. The only change is that you get to deduct 100% of it, as opposed to...

Howdy my fellow Texas investors. Coming at you from Waco, Texas but my question is about something that will affect Texas as a whole. So I read that Texas has put the option to remove property taxes and replace them w...

There has been no previous occasion for this kind of downturn of economic activity. Recessions or severe economic slowdowns are usually caused by the exchange between economic and/or financial differences during the p...

My bill was $120 with 2 people, it went up to $160 when 2 more people moved in. Now it's suddenly $240... Should I investigate a leak or could it really be consumption (like tenants had guests, taps were left dripping...

... on apartment building and houses always turned on?
I look many times to Google Streetview and I saw all times, outside lights are on.
Why? Is this a law or so?
Who need outside lights on day? Thats big waste of e...