Asking help!Tenant paid rent but didn’t pay water bill and it’s now $800! The tenant says she can’t afford it. She has no money due to Covid. The city sent a letter to me saying they will shut off water in a week. And...

I am under contract for a house right now. We would live in the basement and rent the upstairs. I am concerned because we just found out there is no gas line running to the house. Everything is run on electricity (peo...

I have a 2 family that all the utilities have been sub metered so each tenant can be billed based on their individual consumption. The water provider will not read and bill sub meters. Therefore, we have a main meter ...

Should a landlord keep utilities in his/her name or transfer to the tenants'What has been your experience with this?

I have an interesting issue where I purchased a commercial property that was seller occupied.  The seller stayed in one of the commercial units and I assumed his existing lease as well as the other existing leases.  T...

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...

We are on the process of inspection for a Duplex of NC. One side can check and another side has a tenant with a new 1 year lease contract. Except lease contract, statement or evidence of security deposit, move-in chec...

Just something interesting I thought I'd share:

I opened today's mail, and found a $30 bill for a storm water fee for one of my rental units (one side of a duplex) in Delaware, OH. Odd, because the units are ...

Hello everyone, 
I currently live in a single-family home with an unfinished basement. The basement has its own independent exit so no need to interact with the top floors. The plan is to build an In-Law suite and re...

So my wife and I came up with this kooky idea to build a cottage in the backyard in which we'd live so we can rent out our main house. The main house is 2br/1ba 970sqft. The cottage is 250sqft.

We're not quit...