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Eric Byrd Submetering gas for 17 unit apt complex? Can?
11 April 2011 | 11 replies

I'm looking into a 17 unit apt complex where presently the owner pays the gas bill. Needless to say, the winter months are killer..

I was wondering if anyone here knows anything about submetering gas for an apt build...

Sarah Wang Los Angeles - Renting out in-law suites - Central heater/AC or mini split unit?
10 October 2023 | 5 replies

Hello friends, I'm planning to build and rent out a 500sft in-law suite, It is attached to the main building and I have existing duct to the rooms. But we usually turn off the AC/heater at night, not sure if it will b...

Christopher B. Should I separate utilities; This means more CapEx right?
20 April 2017 | 2 replies

I am looking at 2-4 unit multi-family properties, some have separate utilities, and some a mix.  The mix is mostly Owner pays water/sewer/trash and gas heat, and tenant pays electric.  With the same neighborhoods, the...

Khouri Rice 1 furnace (gas heat) in a duplex, best way to get tenants to pay for heat
22 November 2023 | 29 replies

I have a couple of duplexes (upper and lower in each building) and each duplex has one furnace for both upper and lower units, I am paying the utilities right now, but would really like to have the tenants pay for ...

Jon K. If you're paying utilities, what do you set the thermostat at?
11 March 2013 | 11 replies

For winter?

For summer?

I read that most offices set their thermostat at 72.

Around here, 72 in the summer gets expensive even in the summer.

Gina Nicolas All my casflow is going toward utilities
27 February 2020 | 10 replies

Hello everyone, I have 2 rental properties, 2  units each in PA where I am paying for water, sewer and heat and these bills are eating my cashflow, I am a new investor, one of my rentals, water, sewer and heat added t...

Linda M. tenant heat or boiler
15 February 2017 | 2 replies

I have noticed that a lot of rental units have furnace and hot water heaters in  the unit where the tenant pays all utilities,is this because it is cheaper in the long run to add the furnace and hot water heaters duri...

Erod R. can i shutdown water line if tenants doesnt pay water bill?
9 May 2017 | 26 replies

hi everyone,  i own property in philadelphia, PA and also darby PA.  at the beginning i was paying the water bill because it was reasonable between $160-$170 a month on a six unix house.  some of the tenants were evic...

Stephan Guna What to make my rents
20 July 2023 | 3 replies

Excited to say that I am in the process of closing on a house. Been looking for my first investment property for the last couple of months. Finally found a duplex I actually fits my parameters and seems like a good de...

David Goossens It happened to me...my rental was turned into a grow house
9 January 2018 | 15 replies

A property of mine in the California Central Valley went vacant at the end of November. For the past 4 years, I had a family renting the SFH. I performed annual inspections, serviced the the HVAC filter and smoke alar...