Systems and methods allowing multi-family property owners to consolidate retail electric provider charges with landlord provided utilities and services

A method of providing a digital record pertaining to multi-resident property via a computer network, the method comprising:

• providing, via a first device, an electronic resident information interface configured to associate a resident with a unit, the unit included in a plurality of units of the multi-resident property;
• monitoring, via a metering device, electricity consumption information for the multi-resident property to obtain an electronic record including information indicative of at least one of electricity usage for the units of the multi-resident property over a period of time and pricing information for the electricity used over the period of time;
• and
• detecting, by the first device, a consolidation triggering event indicating that resources are available for the first device to generate consolidated electronic data sets;
• in response to obtaining the electronic record from the metering device and detecting the consolidation triggering event:
• importing, via the first device, at least a portion of the electronic record into the electronic resident information interface by comparing at least a portion of an electronic residency record for the unit with the information included in the resource consumption or usage electronic record, wherein the electronic resident information interface includes:
• date information indicating the period of time to which the consolidated electronic data set relates,
• a first entry including an electricity charge for the unit for the period of time, the electricity charge generated using the electricity usage and pricing information received from the retail electric provider information,
• a second entry indicating resource consumption or usage information for a landlord provided service, the resource consumption or usage information for the landlord provided service being one of water fee, sewer fee, trash fee, pest fee, cable service fee, rent, and pet fee, and
• a total amount due for the unit for the time period, the total amount generated using the electricity charge and the resource consumption or usage information for the landlord provided service;
• identifying, via the first device, vacant units included in the units of the multi-resident property;
• and
• generating, via the first device, a vacancy electronic data set, the vacancy electronic data set including:
• the date information indicating the period of time to which the vacancy data set relates,
• a first vacant unit entry including a total electricity charge for the vacant units for the period of time, the total electricity charge generated using the first entry of the respective consolidated electronic data set for the vacant units,
• a second vacant unit entry indicating total resource consumption or usage information for the landlord provided service, the total resource consumption or usage information for the landlord provided service generated using the second entry of the respective consolidated electronic data set for the vacant units,
• a total vacancy amount due for the vacant units for the time period, the total vacancy amount generated using the total amount due for each vacant unit;
• and
• wherein the method further comprises:
• identifying, via the first device, a random entry in the consolidated electronic data set;
• comparing, via the first device, resource consumption or usage information for the random entry to a resource consumption or usage information record received from a provider of the resource consumption or usage information record;
• and
• generating, via the first device, an error detection result based on the comparison.

A system for providing a digital record pertaining to multi-resident property, the system comprising:

• means for storing an electronic residency records for units of the multi-resident property;
• means for monitoring electricity consumption information for the unit of the multi-resident property to obtain a resource consumption or usage electronic record for the multi-resident property, the resource consumption or usage electronic record including information indicative of one or more of electricity usage for the units of the multi-resident property over a period of time and pricing information of the electricity used for each unit over the period of time;
• means for detecting, a consolidation triggering event indicating that resources are available to the system for generating consolidated electronic data sets;
• means for identifying, in response to obtaining the resource consumption or usage electronic record and detecting the consolidation triggering event, specific information for a unit included in the resource consumption or usage electronic record by comparing at least a portion of the electronic residency record for the unit with the information included in the resource consumption or usage electronic record;
• means for generating a consolidated electronic data set based on the resource consumption or usage electronic record for the unit as monitored via the means for monitoring, the consolidated data set including:
• date information indicating the period of time to which the consolidated electronic data set relates,
• a first entry including an electricity charge for the unit for the period of time, the electricity charge generated using the electricity usage and pricing information received from the retail electric provider information,
• a second entry indicating resource consumption or usage information for the landlord provided services, the resource consumption or usage information for the landlord provided service being one of water fee, sewer fee, trash fee, pest fee, cable service fee, rent, and pet fee, and
• a total amount due for the unit for the time period, the total amount generated using the electricity charge and the resource consumption or usage information for the landlord provided service;
• and
• an error detection circuit configured to:
• identify a random entry in the consolidated electronic data set;
• compare resource consumption or usage information for the random entry to a resource consumption or usage information record received from a provider of the resource consumption or usage information record;
• and
• generate an error detection result based on the comparison.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor of an apparatus to cause the apparatus to:

• store an electronic residency records for units of the multi-resident property;
• monitor, via a metering device, a resource consumption or usage for the multi-resident property to obtain a resource consumption or usage electronic record for the multi-resident property, the resource consumption or usage electronic record including information indicative of one or more of resource usage for the units of the multi-resident property over a period of time and pricing information of the resource used for each unit over the period of time;
• detect a consolidation triggering event indicating that resources are available to the apparatus for generating consolidated electronic data sets;
• in response to obtaining the resource consumption or usage electronic record from the metering device and detection of the consolidation triggering event, identify specific information for a unit included in the resource consumption or usage electronic record by comparing at least a portion of an electronic residency record for the unit with the information included in the resource consumption or usage electronic record;
• and
• generate a consolidated electronic data set based on the specific information for the unit as monitored via the metering device, the consolidated electronic data set including:
• date information indicating the period of time to which the consolidated electronic data set relates,
• a first entry including an electricity charge for the unit for the period of time, the electricity charge generated using the electricity usage and pricing information received from the retail electric provider information,
• a second entry indicating resource consumption or usage information for a service provided by another resource provider, and
• a total amount due for the unit for the time period, the total amount generated using the electricity charge and the resource consumption or usage information for the service;
• identify a random entry in the consolidated electronic data set;
• compare resource consumption or usage information for the random entry to a resource consumption or usage information record received from a provider of the resource consumption or usage information record;
• and
• generate an error detection result based on the comparison.