It's a complete roll of the dice when you switch to the smart meter, so this doesn't surprise me....it could go up or down depending on the actual water uage.  

Off-market, agent-listed, or are you networking with other investors who have deals lined up?

Let them do the follow up and paperwork and maybe lead cleanup, but you do the dialing and talking yourself for much better results.

Would love to connect and chat on this more.

Here are some coming on BP: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...We have a list of a lot more investor meetups that I will happily share with you. 

For any investors in the group, take a peak at #10 Greensboro/High PointIt's an interesting choice of verbiage to look at "median" sale price YoY because 10% feels like A LOT on the entry-level/investment inventory, and more of what I see in the high-end resale and, specifically, new construction inventory that tends to swing our avg's way up in the macro.Completely disagree that rent will be 0%.

Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.

Never one to pass up a free meal, I accepted.  

How you came up with those percentages, you really didn't say. 

If you really want to get rid of them, sweeten the pot by offering to return their deposit after you verify the unit is empty with no damages.