I have tried reaching out to utility management companies but have not had success as it seems most of them are either area specific or only except large portfolios.Does anyone have a good solution to the time consuming task of managing their utilities when they purchase, sell or rent their properties out?

Without cooperation from the neighbor, this will not likely be a quick/easy task.

I'm not anti-CFD...My only thought is to stick with your strategy and buying parameters. 

Because both have intersecting tasks.  

It seems like it would be a daunting task to find and contact every individual commercial brokerage.

In my professional life, I have always been the guy tasked with making processes more efficient, and was regularly moved into new jobs to help make that area of the business more optimized. 

Hi All,I am looking for a handy person  to perform maintenance and repair tasks as needed for 1-4 unit properties in the Western suburbs of Philadelphia. 

Are their specific methods or software used to monitor a projects schedule, keep GC's and subs accountable and all involved parties on task?

. - I am agreement with you, but as far as who would be willing to pay the fees for property management, accounting services, and administrative tasks, a lot of the BP members wouldn't.

To be honest, between the anti-landlord legislation and propaganda that demonizes anyone who's a housing provider or developer, combined with a glut of housing units currently on the market that is causing me a ton of work to find good tenants for any given vacancy (think about that contradiction for a second), I'm really struggling with landlording at the moment.