Can someone provide the typical terms of a property management agreement for a long term rental? We have always taken care of the property management ourselves but now are buying out of state and need to hire a PM. ...

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I'm having a water meter issue in Chicago. My water bill has typically showed ~22,000 gallons of usage for a two month period. This is a 4 unit property with 4 washing machines and 7 bathrooms. 
My most rece...

So just purchased my first rental property last week and during closing the seller of the property got stuck paying a lean on the property for $4000 dollars due to several different old tenants not paying their electr...

Hey there,    I have a duplex in the Highland square area and the water bills are confusing me.  One side of the house is 80-100 per month, and the other side is 250/mo. but most of the charges are for Akron Waterways...

Hi,I'm brainstorming trying to see if I could pass the water/sewer responsibility to the tenants. I have a triplex in Raleigh and currently paying water/sewer for all 3 units from the master meter. I'm trying to see i...

BP Military Folks, please help me out here. Looking to transition out of the military in a few years and have my GI Bill. I am wondering how people recommend using the GI Bill in the most advantageous way as an RE Inv...

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I am going to buy a property soon. The tenant pays all the utilities on this one except water and sewer. The water bill has to be in Owners name in our city. The previous owner used to pay monthly water bill ...

We have a duplex that has shared utilities, so we are not able to have the tenants put the different bills in their names.  In this case, do people typically list the ad with the base rent (so that it's competitive wi...

Good day.  When does it make sense to make tenants pay utilities.  I have this 4-plex on contract and the current tenants have the utilities included in their monthly rent.  2 are paying 650 and the other 2 paying 550...

I am about to buy my first investment property in the Cleveland area. For those with properties in the area, what are your average costs for the following expenses (if you cover them for the tenant):Property insurance...