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Andrew Urban
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Saunderstown, RI
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Tenants having lots of guests over. what should I do?

Andrew Urban
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Saunderstown, RI
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Hello,
So I have this couple, their mother, and their new baby living on the first floor of my building. They mentioned to me that they have a church group over on sunday's. That I'm all fine with. What I'm starting to not be fine with is the constant flow of people during the day and at night. I have not received my most recent water and sewer bill, but I'm sure it's not going to be pretty. They are not loud or destructive, it's just a lot of people that are now using the water and sewer all the time. Has anyone dealt with this before? They are in a 12 month lease that's only a few months in. Should I ask them to chip in a little more because of all the people? should I wait till the lease is up and raise their rent $75? I want them to enjoy the house and stick around for a while I just don't want to suffer with the extra expense. Thanks for any suggestions guys :) :help:

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Jon Holdman
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Mercer Island, WA
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Jon Holdman
  • Rental Property Investor
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You should have the tenants pay all the bills. I assume its a triplex without separate water meters, though. Do you just include the water in the rent or do you split out the bill among the three units? If you split it, and the bill is high, everyone will pay.

How do you even notice this? Do you live in one of the units? This seems like a small detail to me.

OTOH, people coming and going at all hours is a sign of drug dealing. Especially if they just stay a short time.

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