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Daria B.
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Water Bill and tenant payments

Daria B.
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Gainesville, FL
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Before I call the water department I would like to hear from other investors who have their tenants paying the water bill. 

Currently, I have the tenants paying BGE (electric on their own account) that has a revert account process so when they leave it reverts back to me and my account.

How does water work, do they have something similar?

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Joe Norman
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Joe Norman
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Unlike BGE, if a water bill goes unpaid it can turn into a lien on the property. For that reason I always keep my water bills in my name and sent to my home address, and then forward them to the tenants for payment. If a bill gets sent to me marked Past Due then I will pay it (in order to avoid it turning into a lien) and invoice the tenant, plus a late fee, per my lease agreement.

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