I have a potential tenant who feels utilities should be included.

I paid that same day a manual payment through their portal system 1,028.11 (915.00 rent, 15 Utilities Setup, 30 Valet Trash, 5 pet control, 5 Packages, 25 monthly deposit, and 31.61 Pro-rated rent)  Click Pay... 

On that campground, we have a conditional use permit (CUP) and have been approved by San Bernardino County by land use services to modify the prexissiting CUP with some additional units, dry to wet campground, pool, gazebos, utility building, etc. it’s a big project.

Tenants should always pay for their own utilities, whenever possible.

I currently have two tenants in a unit who pay separate utilities and rent under the same lease.

The beauty of real estate is that you can spend as much or as little time on it as you want, it really just depends on the strategy you want to utilize and how active you want to be. 

The LTC/LTV is often very similar to the loans you likely utilized for flips but most lenders funding flip loans  don’t factor debt coverage ratio because the intent is to sell, not rent the home.

Hopefully your lease says something about utility bills being owed by the tenant - you should be able to make those "rents" by posting to the ledger.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Orlando area.Currently under contract for a single family home that we will be utilizing as a short-term rental.

I utilized a Fannie Mae 5% loan to purchase the property.