Metropolitan Utilities, located in Irvine, California, is a utility billing service partner with more than 20 years combined experience in reallocation management. Our management team is comprised of apartment industry professionals, reallocation professionals and seasoned IT experts who identified a need in the marketplace. Together we developed a user-friendly, web based program that meets the unique requirements of small and medium sized apartment communities. Our innovative service options include both "Residential Utility Billing Systems" (RUBS) and submetering for any combination of water, sewer, gas, electricity and trash, and perform all read-bill-collect (RBC) activities regardless of the reallocation method chosen. Our billing management solution is the first of its kind allowing online enrollment and management of resident's accounts at no cost to the property owner. In utilizing these services, communities will see improvement in staff efficiency, billing accuracy and overall account management performance.