If you must include utilities consider taking control of the thermostat away from the tenants and measure their water usage.  

I am pretty focused on sustainability so my updates are going to include a lot of LED lighting and water saving measures, going to be one big green money-making machine here soon.Tenants on the other side came with the purchase so haven't gotten to test out the ultimate guide on tenant screening yet. 

But what about those maintenance fee which can be a hidden hell even if it is split 50/50, as it cannot be transparently measured? 

One, is that I can only measure the effectiveness of different marketing strategies if I have good consistent data..Cold calling for example.

Hi guys my first post. Also my first potential deal and I like to help these people out. But the math does not add up but looks like it be a great long term hold in upcoming area. Farmers branch, Texas The property...

All of the people on your team should be aligned with your goals. this is measured as in any business by KPI metrics.

.- I’m not interested in anyone selling insurance - I know everyone says not to count on my pension, there is no guarantee, but if there was a measure of likelihood that a company would be able to honor their pension commitments then the conservative private company I work for would be rated the highest.- not really interested in savings advice on our 529 plan.- Nothing against Dave Ramsey, I really like most of his advice, but I think some of it is very basic and geared towards low income earners and people who have been very irresponsible with their money and are trying to dig out.- we have a about $70k to invest from our SDIRA, less if we convert a portion of that to a Roth.- we also will have about $250k to invest from the sale of our home.

Re: sales price, while the sale of the comparable unit in your complex will definitely be helpful, that's not going to be the only measure an agent will have when doing a CMA for you.  

The contracted rents from the owner is most important when deciding potential income for the subject property, but it's measured against the market to determine if that is below, at, or above market rents in the area. 

My income is 16x the monthly rent yet the screening process and rules were very stringent (or so I thought) to include no pets or roommates.