If the tenant is paying their own utilities, do we include our utilities in expenses while determining the cash flow?

That’s $600 more in expenses than you have.  

If you do not know it is untrue then simply pick a coastal city in CA and compare the ROI to the best city in the midwest for 5 years, 15 years, 20 years, 30 years, 40 years, 50 years and reply indicating which Midwest city beats the worst coastal Cal city for ROI (i.e. list both cities and the time frame). 

Staging is a must - I can give you an inexpensive contact.

There are a lot of inexpensive ways -- podcasts, BP, your local REIA, local  Meet Ups - to get started..

What's the legal timeframe allowed for informing the tenant?

I’ve thought about new Milford but also concerned if flood zones and further on coast closing into Rhode Island like new London, new Saybrook, mystic area I see some fairly inexpensive homes however those by water seem more difficult to find.

Cost of living is extremely inexpensive, but I am from LI so anywhere else is less expensive , lol 

We plan to let it cash flow and continue to for another 30-40% of interior unit rehab whenever the unit turn.Turning around a huge 174 units apartment complex within this short time frame has been challenging.

I was envisioning searching out inexpensive properties, travelling to them, staying in the area until repairs and renos were complete, selling or renting, then moving on to another property.Any information or ideas on how we could accomplish this vision would be greatly appreciated.Thank you.John