Electricity is usually paid by the tenant, no? Certainly, I've never rented a place where utilities were included. The rest are a small fraction of the total

Electricity is usually paid by the tenant, no? Certainly, I've never rented a place where utilities were included. The rest are a small fraction of the total cost of ownership (vs financing the initial purchase). Rents appear to be going up faster than the total cost of ownership (the financing costs are fixed, or nearly so).