If you are experienced and succesful enough you can demand as much equity as you want.

It would be great to have in case things work out if the sellers generally don't demand a premium for it during negotiations.

yes - but like you have identified it depends on the specific property.some places demand a 3rd BR but others you will have less wear and tear on a 2 BR

Both have great cash flow and are in high demand as rentals.

I have been using Quickbooks Pro 2009 for a long time time.Fair Housing Regs prohibit a LL to demand a preferred payment method and must accept all forms of legal tenure. 

Good Afternoon all.we have a situation where our landlord came to us 6 months after the signed lease to demand a monthly payment of the water bill.

Most 1 year leases I have seen here in FL demand a 2 months worth of rent penalty.

Both of these areas offer low crime housing areas with very high rental demand as I mentioned previously

Supply and demand?  as

New properties would demand a premium in comparison to average rent in your city and the new home would also attract "better" tenants who would hopefully take pride in their freshly baked home!