What will separate you from the others is: active listening; problem solving skills; consistent follow-up; ability to add value to the prospective seller.4.

Water is easy - bill divided by total occupants at property (count everyone even children) then for each unit multiply the result by the number of people living there.

Money is good, consistently pull-in say $150-$200k although being extremely busy with very long hours.

Or do they care more about the consistent cash flow or possibly upside when selling the property?

The property currently consists or 3 furnished short-term rental units.

If you know you will be a pushover or have no follow through and know you won’t be consistent about doing things like maintenance and finance stuff then you should just hire a property manager.

Jude and Nike, supports consistent demand for rental properties.

Here's my calculator:  Determine what your weekly rent is going to be on the property and multiply it by 26. 

The floodplain consists of the "floodway" and the "flood fringe".

Plus making $130k consistently makes you very lendable from that perspective compared to trying something new (trust me, I've been in that boat).3.