All, I have a vacant rental that was costing me $20 or so a month for the gas alongside mortgage and other utilities. The last two months my bill has jumped to $200 and $250. This is a small, vacant rental that is onl...

Hello!  We just bought a duplex, which has separate meters for electricity.  That's easy enough for the tenants to put their bills in their own names.  But the gas and water need to stay in our name as landlords (per ...

Hello! I have been assisting my clients in purchasing homes for rent that have ADUs. We do this because their cash flow is good. This is hard to do in this market. The thing is that the utilities are always shared. So...

Hey all fellow landlords "in the trenches" with me in the Detroit area:In the five years my tenant has been at my rental property, most of the time he has been $300-$600 behind in the water bill.  It's his responsibil...

I just received a water bill for 1000.00 and the bill was in my name . It was from my tenants house and i just got it in my mail box. I realize that this is my fault for not know that the water was not in my name ....

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...

Good evening guys I have a question.I saw a few months ago a new law was set to go in to effect in Baltimore City (Senate bill 801 House bill 0796)that would keep  landlords from  adding the water bill to rent when in...

Hey everyone, I've had properties for about 5 years now and have never had this happen to me before. We were charged $4,300 for ONE MONTH of water bills when historically the bill was about $100. There were no leaks, ...

I am currently house hacking and have a few tenants/roommates living with me. I currently pay the water and internet bill out of pocket and only request rent and the electric bill be paid for by the tenants. My house ...

I am trying to find solutions to the high cost of water and sewer relative to the rent income and other costs of ownership.  My questions are:
1.) How can we reduce tenant water consumption in a 2 family property... ...