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Michelle Fay Tenant stopped paying utilities and company has shut off everything
8 November 2023 | 5 replies

Tenant stopped paying utilities and the company shut off everything; it has been 2 weeks now and it looks like the tenants aren’t planning on paying the bill anytime soon. They originally claimed that the meter was ac...

Darrick Lowe How to split heat and hot water amongst tenants?
27 September 2024 | 14 replies

I'm used to multifamilies where each unit has its own water heater and furnace.  But what If there is a home with only 1 water heater and 1 boiler in a multifamily home, how exactly would one split the bill almost ten...

Ron Collier Excessive electric bill
31 December 2012 | 1 reply

Florida Landlord has a rental unit where utilities are the responsibility of the tenant and are in their name (as written in their lease).

Tenant reported to landlord a high electric bill, and said they called the...

Angela Zaitz ADU - splitting existing SFR
23 May 2023 | 2 replies

There was a sun room that was added to the house and I’m planning to  have that finished ( insulated and dry walled and vent added) and use that as great room and add a wall to enclose the  kitchen to access  the back...

Brent Silberbauer How to bill out electricity when you have solar
24 December 2023 | 18 replies

I am a property manager from Chico, CA.  I have a client who has solar panels that are paid for on his house.  There are two units, one is a main house and then a separate back house that will be rented out separately...

Kendra Mattson California Rental Desposit for Utilities
5 April 2018 | 5 replies

Since utility bills come out the month after the tenant uses the service, I get utility bills for a tenant after they've already left. I normally end up telling the tenant before they leave that I'll hold the deposit ...

Zach Wright Wifi - rent by the room house hack
3 December 2019 | 8 replies

Wondering if there is a "best practice" for offering shared wifi to tenants when renting by the room.
Seems like it would be important to offer this along with cable, utilities, laundry, etc... but wondering if this ...

Albert Johnson Shared electricity on two units
25 August 2024 | 10 replies

On one of my units the property has shared electric with another unit I own. One of the units has a submeter and the other doesn't. 
The tenant that receives the electric bill is the tenant that does not have a subme...

Thomas Ince Variable Lease
8 March 2016 | 3 replies

I'm looking to purchase an apartment complex that was previously offering all bills paid.  The current owner is spending a high percentage of the expenses on utilities and my fear is that it could ger worse.  The comp...

Aaron Caminati How do you handle your college rental bills?
22 January 2020 | 13 replies

Hello everyone! I was just curious how some of you with college rentals (with multiple people in one unit) take care of some of the major bills like gas, electric, etc. do you charge a set price for rent with the util...