They effectively "borrow" the appliances from us.In lease breaking - we allow it IF they pay for the time of the turnover until the new tenant has moved in. 

If it's not cost-effective to retrofit as the water company requires, I could keep the existing configuration and utilize a "deduct meter" for each unit (installed in the common area), whereby I would take a picture of the meter reading every three months and bill each tenant.  

I bought my first couple of personal residences by negotiating a price, and then submitting a written offer that increased that amount by the amount of the projected closing costs.The advantage, assuming the house appraises for the higher price, is that it is no skin off the seller's nose, and it allows you to effectively roll the closing costs into your mortgage.The disadvantage is a lot of lenders are wise to this, and limit the amount of "Seller Concessions."  

When I hauled away all the junk in the basement, painted its walls, and had the floor professionally scrubbed, lo and behold, the effective doubling of the house's useable square footage and the potential to create additional living space down there (maybe even a separate living area) became a nice selling feature to prospective buyers.

(B) If the landlord makes an entry in violation of division (A)(8) of this section, makes a lawful entry in an unreasonable manner, or makes repeated demands for entry otherwise lawful that have the effect of harassing the tenant, the tenant may recover actual damages resulting from the entry or demands, obtain injunctive relief to prevent the recurrence of the conduct, and obtain a judgment for reasonable attorney's fees, or may terminate the rental agreement.

This made NO sense and not effective if I need a quick answer.

6 months ago my partner and I were starting our venture into real estate investing with only knowledge from this site and reading books.  We quickly learned by taking action, asking questions, and learning from our mi...

Hello, BrianThere are a few ways to effectively use a LLC when investing for real estate.

I'm sure rain decreases the effectiveness to some degree.  

Once you have enough properties, it's a snowball effect.