For rentals where the landlord pays all utilities, what strategies do you guys use to incentivize lower utility usage from your tenants and reduce your overall utility bill? I've heard of thermostats that you can rest...

I manage a duplex where the owner pays for water. I received a call from the water company telling me we may have a leak because of the usage. Upon inspection at the property, we found that no lines busted but that a ...

Choosing to pay utilities seems antithetical to most advice I've heard, but hear me out.My husband and I just bought our first investment property. I am a nurse, he is a surgical resident. As the one with more free ti...

Have a fairly new tenant in. She told me she had a high bill about $800. So she had an energy audit done which was free, they told her the vents had leaks and the thermostat was wrong. So called the pro's in for this ...

Good Evening all. So back in 2018 i purchased a SFR with an attached Accessory Dwelling unit that had been approved and built back in 2012. I went to the county and got seperate addresses for the property (Unit A/Unit...

I am currently house hacking and have a few tenants/roommates living with me. I currently pay the water and internet bill out of pocket and only request rent and the electric bill be paid for by the tenants. My house ...

Hi,  My tenant's water usage is normally 60 - 500 gallons per day.  I just looked at my bill and the water usage has been 3,000 - 7,000 gallons over the last few days.  I called the tenant immediately and asked what w...

I purchased a home in September 2003. I lived in this home until May 2015, which from this point forward, the home was converted to a rental/service property. 2015 will be my first year filing taxes with having this r...

Hello everyone, My wife and I are looking to purchase our first rental property in the upstate of South Carolina and are hoping to utilize this opportunity to do a house hack!  However, since this is our first time do...

So very long story shortened my water bill is extremely high this month. We average $35.00 a month and this month it was $151.20. The jerk landlord told us in a very nasty little note to check out water leaks which we...