Hello All! My Husband and I just bought our first rental property for $45k. It has two, one bedroom units with washer and dryer hook ups. There are some areas that need attending, and upgrading. Having the ability to ...

Hey all,It's winter time and the oil is flowing. This gives me plenty of incentive to find a way to cut some of these heating expenses. Most of the time when the topic of submetering heat is brought up the consensus i...

Hi Everyone, I'm hoping someone can help out on this unique situation. I currently have a duplex under contract here in Saint Paul and I'm trying to get my ducks in a row before closing. The duplex has 1 washer and dr...

We are about to close on a duplex that has separate electric but only one furnace, AC and hot water heater. Anyone have ideas on how to best split the utilities or bill back to the renters?
Currently there is only on...

Im setting up a laundry room in a four family in Massachusetts and im Interested in knowing what landlords charge for their coin operated laundry machines. The hot water and electricity supplying the machines will be...

Hi everyone,We are renovating a duplex, and so far we have gone with heat pumps and natural gas furnaces, so heating and cooling should be lower priced than usual.However, I have to decide on water heaters, and I can ...

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... ...

We are going to start billing new tenants for water usage (obviously by putting in the lease, units are individually metered). Does anyone mail monthly bills to their tenants for things like water?

If so, do ...

Hi All,I have electric & gas sub-metered already.  Now I need to tackle water as it’s rising in costs each month.  My plan is to have the water meters installed by the city for direct billing to the tenants.  Numb...

How do you deal with getting tenants to contribute to water, gas, and electric if there are not separated meters in a multi-unit in Philadelphia?