While my advice isn't market specific, I do believe it's good food for thought:Before you make your first investment, meet with a mortgage/financial professional.

Next meeting we do KW is buying food and drinks. 

One reason for this is because having the tenants bear the cost of utilities will tend to lower those costs, due to what I call the "Buffet Rule" (as in Chinese food, not Warren).

While my advice isn't market specific, I do believe it's good food for thought:Before you make your first investment, meet with a mortgage/financial professional.  

Here's some food for thought: Before you make your first investment, meet with a mortgage/financial professional.

I would have more sympathy for the guy who sat there in the dark because he couldn't afford rent and utilities, than to someone who just decides to steal what they won't pay for (starving people in third-world countries without money stealing food excepted). 

If you prefer to close on as many as possible but don't necessarily need all, then one contract for each with no language linking the contracts would be smarter because you can bail on any that have serious problems you don't want to deal with.There is a lot of experience and knowledge on this site, I expect you'll get other food for thought as well.

Here's some food for thought:Before you make your first investment, meet with a mortgage/financial professional.

Here's some food for thought:Before you make your first investment, meet with a mortgage/financial professional.

Here's some food for thought:Before you make your first investment, meet with a mortgage/financial professional.