In some cases, the stress problematic tenants cause can turn your job into a heavy burden.

I love that MTR turnover is not as frequent as short term rentals and there is usually higher opportunity to cash flow each month, although there are added expenses such as utilities, lawn or hoa fees etc., to account for.

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But you also have to subtract utilities, turn costs, starting items (kitchen and cleaning items you give them), and furnishing upkeep/maintenance.

If things got heavy I would tell them to follow the lease and send their complaint officially in writing, and I will respond accordingly,  usually that ended it.

If you have 4 or more units, you have to prove that utilities are current, and every year you need to get a HVAC Certification.

I suspect they were talking about difficult turnovers with problematic renters, bigger repairs, heavy cleaning, maybe some missing rent, and longer vacancies. 

These are heavy-hitter, regular buyers.

First post!  I'm looking to buy a condo so I can rent it to my daughter and a roommate while in college and then continue to rent it out after she graduates.  The condo I'm looking at just posted for $135K.  For fundi...

Will tenant still have to be responsible for utilities?