
#07 - Submetering: Saving Water, NOI, and Sanity with Metron
From The 30-Day Mobile Home Park by The MHP Pros
April 30, 2025 · 51 min · Season 1 · Episode 7
About this episode
This episode discusses how smart water metering can reduce costs and improve operational efficiency in mobile home parks.
Water bills out of control? Tenants filling backyard pools with hoses? Toilets leaking for weeks? In this episode, Michael Pansolini and Ryan Narus of The MHP Pros sit down with Caroline Skramm and Dan Bennett from Metron Submetering to explore how smart water metering can dramatically cut costs, improve visibility, and even prevent disaster. From real-life horror stories of $10,000 water bills to success stories of slashing usage in half, this episode dives deep into the power of submetering as a service —not just hardware, but real-time data, automated alerts, and seamless integrations with systems like Rent Manager, AppFolio, and more. Key Takeaways: How Metron's smart meters detect leaks, backflow, zero usage, and freeze risk—down to the minute The psychology of usage: Why giving tenants access to their own water data cuts consumption by 30% How submetering unlocks NOI growth and helps avoid infrastructure failures before they happen What it costs (spoiler: less than you think) and how you can install, integrate, and automate with ease Real use cases from Ryan's portfolio—tracking down leaks, identifying abandoned homes, and more Whether you own a 30-pad park or manage…
People in this episode
Hosts: Michael Pansolini, Ryan Narus
Guests: Caroline Skramm, Dan Bennett
Topics covered
- submetering
- water management
- cost reduction
- NOI growth
- tenant engagement
- operational efficiency
Keywords
- submetering
- water bills
- cost savings
- NOI
- tenant data
- leak detection
- utility management
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Metron Submetering, Rent Manager, AppFolio
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