It’s about more than short-term gains; it’s about creating a self-sustaining system that prevents the very liquidation events that drive rents up and communities out.4.

I believe I am going to make the unit all electric preventing the need to meter out the gas.  

I am going to look into this and see if there's no restrictions that could prevent me from doing so.

Use this as a learning experience to refine your investment strategy and prevent similar issues in the future.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Make sure you understand the basic math, what qualifies as a good investment, how to manage your investment and prevent losses, etc.I would start with Set For Life by Scott Trench.

If the tenants leave cereal boxes out and the house gets overrun with ants, it's still your responsibility as the landlord to have pest control in place to prevent or treat the problem.

just really disappointing that the loan officer knew we wanted to rent it out and when the real estate savvy guy wasn't there, made the other buyer sign something preventing that. 

Laws are now passed that prevent you from renting to yourself and claiming all the losses.

If, after the first ten (10) days after you take possession of the Rental Unit, it becomes necessary for us to undergo including, without limitation, prevention and remediation in your Rental Unit and/or on the Premises, you will be held financially responsible for reasonable costs thereof, paid as Additional Rent.

Moving forward blindly on that deal would have put our investors money at risk, which isn't an option, so WE took a $60k haircut to prevent that.