When house hacking or just renting in general, what are the pros and cons of including utilities?

I am getting close to buying my first investment property which will most likely be a single-family in which I will live in one room and rent out the others. Has anyone had experience with bumping up the rent by lets ...

I do not include utilities with my rentals as I find it easier to manage and less risk if prices go up or if there is excess usage. However, most rentals in my area include all utilities in their rent. Do they know so...

I am looking at a two family apartment house. It is 2 bedrooms down/ 2 bedrooms up. The upstairs is a bit smaller than the down.

There is a single boiler in the basement that heats each unit. ...

BP Community,Just need a quick confirmation on which appliances tenants in Indianapolis expect/don't expect to be provided by landlord in SFH/Multi-fam renting. To my knowledge:Expected to be provided by landlord:- St...

For all you veteran ComREI's, I've seen PNL's that have included Capital Improvements (although, they were not categorized under Expenses, they were a Sub-category of Other Costs)....so the question is, to include or ...

I'm working on a deal and have a question.  Is the square footage of the basement supposed to be included in the total square footage of the house?  This deal has a 3 level home that totals 3467 sq ft including the fi...

Do I really need an attorney just set up an LLC? If so, why?

Do you include your spouse in the LLC or keep it soley in your name?

As always I appreciate all the help..

Can anyone enlighten me as to what these professionally patched holes are, and if this is a potential safety problem due to furnace exhaust?  

How do you handle the watering issue when you include lawn care? Are the tenants still responsible for the watering, or do you install a sprinkler system? Thanks.