I am a new investor and will be living in my duplex in which gas, water, and trash are on one meter, but electric is split. There is only one A/C unit which is connected to the rental sides electric bill. Living in Io...

I just closed on a house in Baytown with a detached garage that already has water and electric run to it, so the plan is to convert the garage into a garage apartment that I will rent out separatelyI contacted the cit...

I'm looking at buying quads here in Phoenix.  Some of the properties I look at note they pay all utilities.  When I run the numbers only paying sewer/water/trash they cash flow well.  Paying everything seems to make t...

We had new tenants move in this past April into an A/B property and we learned they haven't been paying the gas bill.  Their credit was 675 and income was good and all references checked out as excellent.  We include ...

I have gotten myself into a bad situation: utilities are still in my name months after tenants moved in.

I do understand the error and how to avoid it in the future: please don't tell me what i should have do...

Hi everyone,I'm looking into small and medium sized apartments in Windsor Ontario and just wondering how common it is for the utilities to paid for my tenants? Most of the properties I see don't cash flow well but I'v...

Hey BP,I keep passing on multi properties that have common water because I don't want to pay for any utilities. Now I am wondering if these are missed opportunities. Can anyone tell me ways to separate common water an...

Hello everyone! My partner and I recently purchased a 3-family rental property. The first floor of the property used to be occupied by the owner, and the other two units were rented. We will be renting out all 3 units...

Hi everyone.

I hope you are staying safe and healthy during this time.

I currently self manage my family's residential multi-family portfolio in New Jersey.  We have never charged back to the tenants the sewer u...

I know what most of the advice will be but I am just curious.  I am currently looking at two small apartment buildings, 6 units each, both include all utilities.  The concept of including all utilities scares me becau...