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Plain-language guides for property managers on splitting shared utility bills across tenants, RUBS, and billing back the bills the company paid.
Ratio utility billing system (RUBS): how to run one by hand
How a ratio utility billing system splits a building's water, sewer, gas or trash bill across units, with the three ratios, a worked example and the limits.
RUBS billing: prorating move-ins, move-outs and vacant days
How RUBS billing handles move-ins, move-outs and vacant units: weight each lease by its days, choose who keeps vacant days, and keep cents exact.
RUBS calculator: split one utility bill across your units
A RUBS calculator that splits one shared utility bill by occupants, square feet or equal share, with worked arithmetic you can check by hand.
RUBS utility billing: spreadsheet, billing service or software?
Compare the ways to run RUBS utility billing for a small multifamily portfolio: a spreadsheet, a full-service biller, per-unit software and Utility Billback.
Utility billback: how to bill tenants for the bills you paid
A monthly utility billback process for property managers: match each bill to a unit and lease, split shared bills, and find bills still in your name.
Utility bills in, tenant charges out
Upload the month's utility bill PDFs and your rent roll. It reads each bill, matches it to the unit and lease, splits shared bills, and gives you a charge CSV plus the bills that belong on a tenant ledger.
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