Hi I'm Benjamin,I have a few issues I need to resolve. 

Time saving in property acquisition, building improvements, purchasing living units, etc.3.

Typically romex and copper wiring was introduced and most systems have been grounded - this will save you on electrical costs. 

I could just put it in that box of my spreadsheet to account for the expense and then in most other ways, it's the same issues - capital savings, maintenance, vacancy, etc? 

Hey Chad,I made my unit all electric, which definitely saved some time.  

I would save up more.

I'm not talking about saving for savings sake, but actively considering how a dollar can reproduce itself so that you can not only have whatever it is you want to buy, but also put more of the reproductions to work making more dollars and still have the original dollar.

Can you imagine taking a couple days off work, looking for a new place, paying for new applications, putting down deposits, renting a moving truck, finding friends to help you move, paying to clean your old place, and so on to “Save” $300/yr? 

We both also have finance degrees and are savvy with finances and from an income perspective we are inline with each otherSimilar to what JD stated - We have a living trust where everything eventually goes to the kids and if something were to ever happen we would sit down like adults and resolve it without being vindictive. 

I learned I could save $10 and time by doing the bank transfer from home, but still I'd be out $53 every time I pay.