Danny Jimenez
Tenant / Owner Expenses Split?
Hello all! For anyone in the Cleveland Ohio area, what typically is normal in that area in terms of who pays the water/sewer, electricity, gas, & garbage?Looking at small multifamily deals in the area and was curi...
Lena Kendall
Considering adding solar panels to combined use SFH in CA
Hello everyone, I'm new here and am looking for some advice.I own a SFH in Northern California and rent out two rooms while living in the master. I am interested in getting solar panels for the home and am wondering h...
Alex Aronson
New Energy Efficiency Ordinance for Rental Property
At my local REIA meeting yesterday, I learned about a City of Memphis, TN proposed ordinance that has me concerned and I want to know if other cities out their have a similar ordinance.
Essentially this ordinance r...
Canneton Howard
Inherited tenants say utilities were paid by previous owner
Hey all, I'm looking for advice on how to handle a situation with a newly purchased duplex in Colorado Springs. After purchasing the property just a few weeks ago I was on site to work on some needed repairs. I was ta...
Gregory Hall
Utilities on non-conforming duplex
I am new to these forums and to the real estate investing world… I recently acquired a single-family home that's a non-conforming duplex. The previous owners paid all utilities for both tenants and included that in th...
Matt Faix
Keeping Track of Monthly Bills and Staying Organized
Curious what everyone does to keep track of all utility accounts and monthly bills for your properties. We have 7 units across 3 properties right now and varying accounts for each one - Gas, Electric, Water, Trash, Se...
Jonathan Perez
How do I collect sewer expense from tenant? One bill, 2 sides
So the sewer bill came in. The city says that they only send out one bill and it is to be billed to the owner.... how do I go about charging the tenant for it? It's $138. So that's like $69 a side. Do I just hit her a...
Jackson Long
How to not lose money without submetering?
Closing on a 5plex. Just got the submetering quotes and they are.... 5x what I thought they would be. If I need to go forward with shared utilities what are somethings I can do to mitigate the damage?
Frank Macias
Purchase a house with a mother in law suite w/o sub-metering?
Hello BP members!I am contemplating on purchasing a single family home that I will house hack. The property has an attached mother in law suite and an attached efficiency. The numbers look good (details below) but tho...
Sandy Keller
Flow Meters in Multi Family Units
This past month we had to pay an extra $600 in water and sewer costs due to an undetected water leak. (unfortunately it is set so landloard pays water and sewer utilities) I really want to install flow meters so tha...