@Larry MillerPhoenix is a great place to live if you can deal with the heat as the taxes are low and the housing is pretty affordable.

There are a few things on our tasks list that we want to have checked out before we rent it out and need some referrals on dependable masons  such as an electrician, plumber, heating and cooling, and fix a retaining wall and reinforce a metal fence.  

Comments on assessment say: No Heat, and one bath not working.

I'm wondering how to charge the renters for heat.  

The house needs some major work (roof, new heat pump, upgrading, etc).

What kind of heat is in the building?  

I have used 2.5 x rent at times but heat was included.

I've read that very heated post on Anderson Business Advisers and the use of a company's services, and used LegalZoom before.

You should take into account the expenses that go along with it, taxes, insurance, are you going to keep the utilities on you will need heat if you don't want pipes to freeze or you will need to winterize the property, if you are financing you will have those costs.

So tomorrow I'm headed to the property to look at the boiler to see if the water was high enough to damage the electronics or any other parts of the unit, and I'm planning to have a local heating company come out to inspect the unit.So this deal has already been crazy and stressful, but that's real estate.