You'd probably be better off prepaying things like insurance or other recurring expenses upfront and then do something with the money you already had set aside or extra money each month (so long as you pay off before intro)

Although something may look like an awesome deal, you need to consider your costs besides initial investment and rehab...namely the costs of recurring vacancies, vandalism, theft etc...that come with owning a rental property in a repressed or high crime area.

I have a general house fund for each address that I put all my expenses I plan to claim as write offs that aren't recurring like a new boiler.

The creditors accepting such payments aren't asking for the name on the creditor's account to match the name of the checking account - otherwise, you couldn't be a nice guy and pay for your brother's or son's mortgage when he is short on funds ;)  Then, once you receive your checking statement and see the bogus check by phone on your statement, you get to dispute that fraudulent transaction that you did not originate - but the funds were missing from your account in the meantime.The only situation where I've seen that occur is a company with which you have established a relationship with and a typically recurring charge. 

Food stamps, TANF, and anything else recurring is income.  

Think about how much your rehabs cost, then think about how much of that will be recurring to keep your AA properties at market conditions (so you can keep getting 'A' rates.)

My only recurring costs are for the phone numbers through Vitelity.net.

I also have Amazon Subscribe and Save, which I use to ship recurring orders of paper towels, toilet paper, garbage bags, laundry soap, etc.  

When a Park has several nice homes I will allocate 5-10K for the very very nice ones as that's what they will likely sell for to the tenants - it's a one time cost and not part of the recurring business value. 

They work well for recurring work, emergency work, and just one off jobs.