Patty Yang
PROBLEM: Managing utilities for house hacking and rentals
For househackers and rental property owners:I find that managing utilities is a menial manual set of tasks every month from checking the bill and sending to tenants, but also can take more time if you have to keep on ...
Mike O.
water leak..... help pay water bill?
got an email from my tenant on dec 22 saying they got a letter from the city saying there water bill was higher than normal and there is probably a water leak somewhere(they just got back from a week vacation). Dec 23...
Tom V.
Submetering water without splicing pipes?
A while ago on the podcast (can't remember which episode) I remember one of the guests talking about how they were able to sub meter the water for a multi unit building by using some type of device that can read the w...
Brian Kolb
Utilities Land lording
Hello,I'm looking to buy my first rental property in Maryland. It is a duplex with one unit on the top floor and one unit on the bottom floor. I am planing on living in one unit and renting out the other. The units ar...
Shain Cannon
unpaid bill in my name
I have a tenant who is past due on a bill that is in my name, the lease agreement states the tenant will pay this bill (water). In the county the property is located this is the only bill I have to have in my name. Th...
John Patterson
Does Section 8 pay a higher rent if the owner includes electric?
Please help. Does section 8 pay a higher rent amount if electric (heating,cooking,water heating,other electric) is included in the unit compared to if its not?Location is California.
Sara H
Last month's rent
I have been reading through several of the posted topics, and several times I've read advice that said it is a bad idea to not pay the last month's rent. I've never skipped out on rent in my whole life, but am consid...
Phil Shelton
Responsibility for Utility Meters in Brooklyn Apartment
I plan to gut renovate an entire multi-family property. Is it possible to get a separate water meter and boiler for each legal apartment in Brooklyn, New York, so the tenant will be responsible for water, cooking gas,...
Nicole A.
How do you handle your water bills in Maryland for SFH?
I recently finished up renovation on my first single-family property. Now it's going on the rental market and I realize that I have a different choice with how to handle the water bill than with my multi-units that do...
Account Closed
$1,300 PROPERTY TAX + $6,000 in 'SUPPLEMENTAL' TAX (LA County)
wondering why the 'supplemental' tax is so many times greater than the 'property' tax itself =[(shouldnt it be the other way around?)