It is always better to have the tenant paying for the utilities as they are the ones using them. 

Less RiskWith traditional rentals, if your one tenant fails to pay, you’re in trouble.

What have you been paying for utilities?

I bet they wait until January or February so they don’t have to pay the tax on those gains for another year (which is why we may be seeing less selling this month than in a normal cycle).

Japanese mind set :)WE just make our money pay our tax's and try to stack cash so we can provide it others and rent the money for a fee :)

In major cities I can get someone out for emergency service typically same day, even if I have to pay overtime for after hours work.

class action is what you see on TV  unless there is insurance money to go after you guys are going to have to pay a LARGE retainer to engage an attorney.. and if your deposits are only 40k or so Suing is a waste of time and money for any litigation that small

You will be paying 6-10% for just having them collect rent. 

The only purpose of the account would be to collect payments and pay bills like taxes and insurance on assets held by the LLC.

If you truly are limited on time or can't make investing a priority, you should look for smaller projects as others have recommended.1) General Contractors are available to run your project, but most are too expensive to make ROI work on smaller projects. 2) A great PMC can act as a Project Coordinator for rehabs, but many won't be transparent about the costs, so you know what you are paying for.