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Andrew McCartin Paying Utilities in a Househack
5 August 2020 | 7 replies

For those of you who househack using the rent-by-room strategy, do you include utilities in your rents, or split those monthly expenses among your tenants/roommates? I can see the pros (not having to pay out of pocket...

Meghan Cheek To gas utilities or not?
6 August 2020 | 3 replies

Hi all,
I currently house hack an upstairs/downstairs two family home, about 1650 SQ ft total with separate gas and electric meters.  It has two gas hot water tanks and one boiler (dual zone heat), so the tenants ups...

Vanina Lopez IS INTERNET SERVICE CONSIDERATED UTILITY?
16 May 2020 | 2 replies

My tenant didn't pay me rent and utilities and I gave her a 3 Day Notice which is due next Tuesday.
She threatened me that she won't leave for another 2 months and she told me that she doesn't care about having an ev...

Dave Rav Well water utility in MF
6 June 2020 | 6 replies

I am considering purchasing a small MF deal in SC. 5 units on well water. I have zero expe as source of water supply. I have zero experience with well water. Thoughts here?

Jobee Vincent Buenaventura Giving tenants access to utilities
25 September 2020 | 3 replies

Hey everyone. New landlord here of just under a week with a 2 family home. Inherited seemingly good tenants on the first floor unit and the second floor is vacant for now. I’m in the middle of the process with my real...

Daniel H. Separating Utilities 6 Unit Property
9 November 2013 | 9 replies

Looking at a 7 unit property in which the apartments are not individually metered for gas or electric. There are 4 gas meters and 3 electric meters and the landlord pays all utilities. This is a major recurring e...

Brandon Smith How to Charge for Utilities
16 March 2014 | 2 replies

Hi all,

I am renting out two rooms in my home and wondering how to split the utilities. The easiest way seems to be a flat $100 fee for both tenants per month. The other way, would be to split the utilities...

Adam Roberts Multi-unit, Landlord paid utilities
19 May 2013 | 3 replies

From speaking with other landlords, I can see that all-inclusive rent has a somewhat negative connotation as there is little room for positive CF. There is also the risk that tenants abuse utilities knowing they will...

Abby Link Utility Expenses for a quad
1 December 2020 | 2 replies

Hey everyone!I am in the early stages of real estate and am currently trying to learn how to analyze deals. Right now I am trying to figure out exactly where all of the expenses come from.When I watch videos on analyz...

Isaiah Pearson How to find utilities price?
11 December 2020 | 10 replies

I started a challenge yesterday on running numbers on 25 properties this month. I'm currently working on my first one and I got stuck on utilities. What sites do you recommend for looking up how much are utilities are...