I live in southern Ontario in Canada, and here if a tenant doesnt pay the water bill it goes onto the landlords taxes. This is obviously a gross injustice, but what can a landlord do to protect themselves from a big p...

Let's say we have our Gross Potential Rent and we add to it Utilities and Misc. Then we have to exclude Physical Vacancy and Economic Vacancy to get to our Gross Operating Income, right? 1. What info do you use for Ut...

Hello BP!  I currently own a duplex and have a question regarding using RUBS for gas usage.  This formula is already in place for water, but here's the issue with gas -- both units use gas heat, however only one unit ...

Dear experts in the real estate industry. We, a team of 5 Hotelschool students are shortly in need of your expertise.
We are developing a convenient, easy-to-use platform for landlords and tenants to have an insight...

Dear experts in the real estate industry. We, a team of 5 Hotelschool students are shortly in need of your expertise.
We are developing a convenient, easy-to-use platform for landlords and tenants to have an insigh...

Does anyone have any recommendations for networked electrical submeters? I have found some with rs485 or straight mechanical meters etc. but I'm looking to submeter the attached apartment at my SFH and be able to acce...

We bought a duplex with tenants going through the eviction process. We reached an agreement and they moved out. Today I called to transfer the utilities to my name (lights/water are still on)- turns out that according...

I am looking at two rental properties for purchase. I called the electricity supplier for one and was told that usage information is not available unless my name is on the account, with the reason being that it's a T...

Hi BP Community,First time writer, long time listener. I recently acquired my first rental property in Portland. I'm attempting to self-manage remotely as I live in California. It's a duplex that is now fully rented...

I recently bought a strip center in City of Gray, GA which is basically vacant with only 1 tenant, but the water and sewer bill was around 600$ (the usage was well within the allowed 2000 gallons for the base charge)....