Not that much to do, pretty flat landscape, too large to be cute and too small to be interesting. 5 hours to a major airport.If it has to be Wisconsin to retire, I'd rather look at the west side of Milwaukee ("lake country") - it's pretty, you have lakes and at least some hills, 30 min access to a 1.6 million people metro area (Milwaukee) and you are in Chicago in an hour and a half.

Which means that all you make will be taxed at a flat rate of 24%. 

I actually really like the flat profile white thermofoil cabinets.

This is a good question that people on here should be able to give you ideas about what seems appropriate and what would seem excessive.

So, even if 1 property has excessive expenses in a given year the other properties carry it.

Remember when it rains it pours... in other words, occupancy will dip and in conjunction with higher expenses and lower/flat rents so its not just one metric moving. 

To comply with local standards and protect tenants' privacy, make sure the flats have separate entrances, kitchens, and utilities.

When a tenant moves out, transfer the deposit back to Checking so it's ready to apply towards expenses or refund the Tenant.If you end up with excess funds in the Checking account, I recommend you transfer it to a third account designated explicitly for future investments.

They are flat to declining, these are up and coming tech areas.

General question about smokers - Can we charge a flat annual fee to a smoking tenant to run an ozone machine?