If you own rental property in DeKalb, Illinois, water submetering stops your tenants’ water from quietly eating your margin and puts each unit on its own bill. DeKalb is a Northern Illinois University town, and the rental market around campus is dominated by small, individually owned multifamily: duplexes, fourplexes, and older houses split into student units. A tenant who pays a flat rent and never sees a water bill has no reason to fix a leak or cut a long shower, so usage runs high and bounces between units, and the whole roster turns over with the academic year. True Submeter gives DeKalb owners an affordable way to put an individual water meter on each unit, so every tenant is billed for exactly what they use. Usage drops, billing disputes disappear, and your net operating income climbs, with most owners recovering their full investment within six months. In a rental market this tied to NIU, your water billing should run on the same calendar as your leases.
