There are always up and down spikes in every market with respect to market trends.

Well heeled investors aren't willing to ride the boat down.

Those costs aren't going to spike out of control too often.Could have a couple property inspectors take a look at it to help verify that you're getting good information. 

To sum up, this is probably not an opportunity worth pursuing.I had lot's of "Katrina victims" submitting applications for my rental properties....very well-heeled victims...I'll end my participation in this thread by saying I'm not a fan of government welfare or socialism...

I checked power history afterwards out of personal curiosity, and while it was higher, it wasn't so much that I would have been able to call it out for sure and there were no huge spikes.

Prince Georges County has tens of thousand of eligible units. the income and other profile features of our candidate tenants are 97% of determining features as to what level(s) of compensation your investment will be legally accessible to achieve. if you buy in many markets in California ethnic and commercial groups will let you charge $ 5K to $ 100K a month rent, to match-up your earnings with their financing agenda and program factors. the United Nations, along with corporate interests, universities and countless governmental agencies facilitate mind boggling rents in every geographic market imaginable---for their select consumers. diplomatic embassy personnel, students, hospital staff, airlines and entertainment occupancies are a few tenant categories for above market rent candidacies. but generally just furnishing a sfh, or renting individual rooms will spike the rent yield more than enough.

Evan,I'm hot on your heels..

Coming hot off the heels of a house in an entry-level neighborhood that had an appliance package stolen.That being said, we've done well on higher-end houses, and we've done well on lower-end houses, and we've taken it on the chin on both as well when markets changed on us.

And it's like the twilight zone, the more you argue with them and prove them wrong, the more they dig in their heels and refuse to listen.

If this is a sharp spike with the same tenants water could be leaking into the ground -- it happened to me.General water usage is approximately 50 gallons per day per person.