Scott Brandt
Remote water metering
I have recently received several high water bills because the tenants have not indicated that they had a water leak. Does anyone know of a low-cost remote monitoring system that I could place on my apartment building...
Ulisses B.
3rd Investment Property - Mississippi
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $80,000
Cash invested: $18,000
This was my 3rd investment property that I purchased. Roughly 9 blocks away from th...
Aaron Gould
Duplex - Water/sewer company charging 2 base fees for 1 meter???
Hey guys - just closed on my first duplex yesterday. Water/sewer company wants to charge me for two $37 "base fees" even though I have just the one water meter. Anyone know if there's a way to get around this? Total s...
Tyler Harrel
Water Bill Question on Rental Property
Hello All, I am starting this discussion to see if anyone has been in the same predicament that I am facing at the moment before I place a property up for rent. I am in the process of putting my place up for rent and ...
Alissa Engel
Ideas for separating single-metered duplexes?
Hi! We own several duplexes where the water isn’t separately metered. I recently listened to a Podcast discussing this issue, but I was driving, didn’t write the info down, and now I can’t find the episode! The gist...
John Richardson
Who pays certain expenses?
How do you determine what expenses the tenant pays and what expenses the owner of the property pays?
Joe Jor
Suggested RUBS Formula for given number of occupants and fixures
Howdy all!I am looking for suggestions on a "fair," maybe defensible is a better word, formula for splitting the water bill. Currently the usage is out of control.The backstory is that the house is 4 families and is ...
Jocelyn Hinz
10 plex analysis
Hello everyone,We're looking at a deal and would love some input from some veterans. This is a 10 plex in our town, just five minutes from our house. We would do the property management ourselves at least initially, b...
Rudy Ratner
Providing laundry for tenants
First time land-lording, so go easy on me :)
The area my property is in has coin-op laundry in the basements which seems to be common on other similarly rented properties in the area. I would deem the neighborhood a...
Olena M.
Water Billback Strategy
Hello!
We have a multifamily property consisting of a number of buildings, three stories each.
We have been installing water meters to bill back the water to the tenants. Each water meter is supposed to connect to...