So often rentals don't have taxable income; and once they do it's still not subject to the payroll taxes paid by W2 wages or on self employed income. 

Bathrooms are one of the most important areas of the home, so it is extremely important to get them right and make them stand out!

Since house flipping has become so popular over the past few years, it's never been more critical to give your projects that extra *POP* that homebuyers will notice as they're swiping through Zillow. 

I have a couple of people that this has happened to, and you need to have it in writing and tied to the property to make it work. 

You have to go inside the subject property AND the comps to really know how they compare.

Nida,  as an accredited investor I have to think your smart enough to understand how this works with some simple reading on the subject.. 

Read my Utilities 101 below to see some options.

Any tips or tools for evaluating the local market would be greatly appreciated.

I agree with @Taylor Dasch to get more quotes.

You will be taxed on way more than $150k, and also this $150k number is totally irrelevant for the tax calculation anyway.