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Utility billing, demystified

Practical guides on RUBS, submetering, cost recovery and reconciliation for US multifamily operators.

Cost recovery

RUBS vs. submetering: how multifamily utilities get billed back

The two dominant ways US apartment communities recover utility costs — how they differ, where each makes sense, and what regulators require.

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Operations

Why your electric master invoice never matches your Yardi batch

One bill, hundreds of meters, and a dozen ways the numbers drift. The usual culprits — and how to get back to the cent every month.

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Accounting

Who pays for vacant-unit utilities? A property manager's guide

Vacant and common-area meters quietly eat NOI. How to identify them, post them to the right GL account, and stop billing them to residents.

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