If no other similar units charge a utility fee, then your property is less attractive.In addition, when there is a huge spike in prices, or you have a vengeful tenant, you're not stuck with the cost. 

Whereas with McGregror, if SpaceX moves out, it could easily be the entire SpaceX company - 100% - and then you're stuck with rental investments in a small Texas town with 0% growth (though I should caveat I don't know that much about McGregor).I think any major price drops in the Fort Hood area (the soonest BRAC would hit, if it even happened, would be 2021, and would surely be minor as was the last one) would be the result of national trends like spiking mortgage rates, a recession depressing would-be-homebuyer earnings, potential tax reform disruptions or issues with the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac conservatorship.

New show "to catch a contractor"...hosted by adam corolla on spike tv this sunday, I look forward to it.

Anyone that moves to a SDIRA or SOLO401K right now is probably going to miss a huge spike in investment value.

The problem comes when long term tenants dig their heels in. 

I know I will get a big spike in property values when that property changes hands...For now, I have a full size fence blocking them off, I have no parking signs (their traffic bled over) and I keep up the reporting (even think about trying city enforcement for codes and things if applicable).

It has spiked some deals in Chicago at least.

There are some folks here that couldn't pour liquid out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel upside down!

Historically appreciation will hum along nice n steady almost tracking inflation so you are talking 1-3% with a few spikes higher here and there.

If they suddenly decided to set up a few extra computers and/or servers, that could explain the spike in electricity usage.