I took my cubic feet used for the 89 day period for each building, and divided by the number of people living in the building, not the # of units.Buiding 1: 382 CF per person for 89 daysBuilding 2: 420 CF per person for 89 days (has outside spigot and one washer in one apartment)They meter they water and charge the same # for sewer, so if you are watering the lawn or washing cars, you are charged for sewer even if the waste water doesn't go through the system.Your number of 31,600 CF breaks down to 1975 CF per unit per 3 month period.

He bought his first house with lawn mowing money when he was a teenager, and despite the title, seems to be a very principled guy.

Like, total criminal running the thing, bad finances, no reserve fund yet, dues kept artificially low, etc.

According to Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital (which manages nearly $50B) distressed single family housing is one of the most attractive investments of the past 20 years because government intervention has kept affordability artificially high (due to low interest rates) and you can buy below replacement cost even after the expense of fixing up the property.

I didn't want to initially but negotiated the rent down from $1800 to $1700 a month after tenant agreed to shoulder the cost of irrigation of the lawn.

And you can take your time painting or doing the lawn.

The time of year is also helpful, and of course unmowed lawns are an indicator, but doesn't help in winters.

The attraction of a condo is less hands-on lawn care and exterior maintenance.

I walked one property and found drainage issues causing a huge hole underneath my HVAC unit concrete pad, whole thing tilting downward (tenant or lawn guy moved the drainage spout).

If it's a puddle, maybe we should look up and fix the leaky ceiling that's causing it.We may be able to dry up the puddle, but it's artificially solving the problem.