Good post Curtis, going to monitor this thread@Jonathan Walker , isnt the degree of speculation important though?

I also used the opportunity to wire the entire unit with Cat-6 Ethernet for the Tenants and for our building monitoring and automation system.Next spring we will undertake the same to the upstairs unit (should be easier as we do not plan to move any walls upstairs and the floors are fairly level already {one of the few benefits of balloon framing}.

You'd have to have some way to monitor this...also what if somebody has a guest over for a few hours, are you going to tow that person?

These bills should be monitored for usage rates compared to historical data.

See my post here for the chart and details: The Multifamily Market Cycle Peak Is Here, It’s Just Not Evenly Distributed Yet@Douglas Dowell I too am a believer in Glenn Mueller's methodology but not a fan of his Cycle Monitor reports because they are based on where he thinks markets should be in their cycle rather than where his published methods would indicate they actually are.

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I will keep more on hand and monitor them occasionally.

I'll be back on island a little more regularly now to monitor projects now that our daughter's approaching 6 months soon. 

But, my experience with this property taught me how to be an asset manager, how to oversee a management company, how to set high expectations for people who work for me, and how to monitor them and keep them honest.  

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