Christopher Roper
Rent by Room Utilities
I'm about to close on my first investment property (a rent-by-room house hack in San Antonio) and I couldn't be more excited!
Rent-by-room landlords, how do y'all handle utilities? Flat fee? Build it into rent? Or ch...
Shane Woodman
Tenant asking me to cover high utility bill
I have a utility bill question. My tenants are required to pay their electric bills. However, my HVAC unit needed a part so the tenants ran on emergency heat for 12 days. This has the unit run off the main power sourc...
Philip C.
Sewer Bill Mystery - Who Pays?
Hello BPers,I purchased a house with tenants in place and according to the lease they signed, the tenants are responsible for paying the sewer bill. Strangely, the month after I bought the home, the sewer bill stopped...
Lon Sierra
2 units, only 1 meter! How to set monthly fee?
A 4/1 downstairs, a 1/1 upstairs. No separate meter. How would you go about charging utilities to tenants?
Benjamin Mann
Who pays for utilities in Milwaukee the landlord or tenant?
Hi guys, Needing a little help with rentals in Milwaukee, can someone tell me who’s responsible for paying the utilities bill? The landlord or tenant and at what cost they may be?Thanks!
Minka Sha
Sacramento Water Bill SHOCK
I closed on a fourplex in early June and just received the water bill and it's $711.40 for the period of June 5th to July 20th. This threw my math off. How can I get this under control??? Is this expected? I have a du...
Fred Gonzalo
WATER BILL that tenant never paid
Hello ALLIve had a tenant that hasnt paid her water bill since february of last year. she is no longer living there for the last 3 months. The city sent me a bill to pay the water bill for a few hundred bucks which s...
Dan W
Tenant not paying water bill
Hi,
I have a tenant in a SFH in Philly who has not paid their water bill the last couple of months. The water is in my LLCs name (was advised that I should do that instead of having it in tenants name). What legal ...
Roohil Hamid
$3000 Water Bill in Akron, Section 8 Tenant
I recently heard from my tenant about consistently high water bills—over $1,000 each month. After checking the online portal, I see the current balance is over $3,100, and the water was shut off two days ago. The tena...
Ray Os
Help - Renter do not pay bills on time
Hi, we had a new renter move in May 2022, they did not change the bills to their names for few months at the beginning, after many calls and text messages they finally took the water and electricity bills to their nam...