Can You Evict Someone For Not Paying Utilities If Landlord Gets Stuck With Bill?

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  reneeschultz22nd June, 2005

  I do this on all my rentals except for the rentals that are through this certain electric company. The electric company refuses to give total responsibility to the tenants. The electric company gets 200.00 deposit from the tenant and the account actually does go into the tenants name but if they do not pay it, it comes back onto me and I am stuck with paying it. All the other electric companies I deal with do not come back onto the owner, except this one certain company. This is actually one of the reasons that I will buy no more properties that have to use this electric company as I have found out these bills can get quite high.

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  reneeschultz22nd June, 2005

  Thanks for the excellent advice. I will definitely add this into my lease agreements. Makes total sense to do it this way. By the way, would you put this right in your lease agreement or would it be better to have it as an addendum? Thanks.[ Edited by reneeschultz on Date 06/22/2005 ]

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  smithj21st July, 2005

  Thanks for the reply, the rental window unit has already been ordered.
  
  Now another question, I am getting quotes of about $1400 to install a 2.5 ton, 10 SEER unit. Does this sound like an okay price for those who have installed one before?
  
  Thanks,
  JS.

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  mikejaquish1st July, 2005

  Quote:
  On 2005-07-01 17:59, smithj2 wrote:
  Thanks for the reply, the rental window unit has already been ordered.
  
  Now another question, I am getting quotes of about $1400 to install a 2.5 ton, 10 SEER unit. Does this sound like an okay price for those who have installed one before?
  
  Thanks,
  JS.
  
  
  
  Sounds good to me. Real good. Is it a decent unit from a reputable company?
  Does it have a 10 year compressor warranty? Or just 5 years?
  I would think it wise to jump on it if the deal is on the "up and up."
  [addsig]

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  InActive_Account3rd July, 2005

  If the lease covered the 3 month period, you would need to go after Section 8.

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  edmeyer5th June, 2005

  I do a great deal with Excel spread sheets. At some point I will likely begin using something like QuickBooks for the accounting part. The challenge for me is to integrate with out of state property managers.

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  d_random6th June, 2005

  Although I have not used it, I have read postive feedback on this forum about Realtools Landlord software, it sells on eBay for $59. Here is the eBay auction:
  
  http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnichesw[ Edited by d_random on Date 07/01/2005 ]

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  allhandl1st July, 2005

  best bang for the buck (i believe) is LANDLORD REPORT by www. mdansby .com

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  davidlochtefeld1st July, 2005

  Has anybody used the Quicken software for landlords? I have 9 out of state properties and the accounting is becoming a nightmare.

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  davidlochtefeld4th July, 2005

  Thanks d_random.

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  gmackk5th July, 2005

  Try looking up Property Boss on the internet... It intergrates with quickbooks and has a lot of other good features.

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  d_random5th July, 2005

  No problem. Glad to help!
  
  
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  On 2005-07-04 15:31, davidlochtefeld wrote:
  Thanks d_random.