Hi KeAnna, welcome to the community!

But to date, I've just set my rents at a rate that accounts for me having to pay the water bill - and informed the residents that each year I'll increase the rent based upon my expenses (including water), so keeping the bill down helps me to help them.But one problem this could cause is if increasing the rent to cover the water bill then places your rent above the market rate.

I’m still in the option period, so if the numbers still don’t work, I’ll move on.  

Might as well get the commision. 

One of the benefits is that being on the loan can help build his credit, which will be valuable for his future financial goals.

You'll find a lot of hard working contractors.Have something to write on as many of the contractors won't have business cards.You'll still want to screen them a bit because, "there's a reason they work with the hands, not their heads":)

We are a direct private lender headquartered here in Maryland but lending up and down the East Coast and out to the Midwest.

Sold it, setting a new price record for the street at the time.

I also saw the HUT association in VT.

Between the neighborhood recommendations, the renovation "trends", and the "challenges to navigate" I'm praying that a local realtor didn't actually write this.