By sharing the cost of water and trash with our tenants, they are given a metric to understand their consumption and a motivation to take actions to reduce their costs.

He makes the distinction between a consumption good: something that you purchase to consume yourself, into a capital good: something that you purchase that provides you the ability to generate income.Immediately, and I cannot be the only one, this made me think of Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter.

This sounds like a case where you may get more with sugar.

Similar to hotel and commercial except instead of SF or rooms, the lease is based on power consumption.  

The year on year growth are a pale 2%-4% but this gives a metro growth of over 40% over 15y.RankMetropolitan Statistical Area2015 Estimate2010-2015 yoy2000-2010 yoyCumul Change1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX2,000,8603.90%2.83%60.10%2Raleigh-Cary, NC1,273,5683.19%3.17%59.78%3Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL701,9823.43%3.01%59.22%4Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC874,8696.97%1.10%56.24%5Provo-Orem, UT585,7991.61%3.68%55.48%6Las Vegas-Paradise, NV2,114,8012.54%3.09%53.72%7McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX842,3043.00%2.47%47.91%8Boise City-Nampa, ID676,9092.45%2.58%45.62%9Ogden-Clearfield, UT642,8503.88%1.85%45.23%10Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL2,387,1383.05%2.25%45.15%11Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX6,656,9473.05%1.96%41.17%12Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ4,574,5311.33%2.79%40.67%13Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC2,426,3631.82%2.49%39.99%14Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN1,830,3453.37%1.69%39.53%15San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX2,384,0753.25%1.73%39.28%16Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA4,489,1591.75%2.37%37.92%So you are saying that some markets are priced to perfection?

One in Sugar Land (the burbs just southwest of Houston) and another vacation rental on the San Bernard River in Brazoria, Texas (Near the gulf coast).

Sorry for the rant, but I feel that all the sugar coating and *** kissing that goes on in these circles someone needs to share the other side of the story.

; also if the property owners are regular people then I dropped them as well, as the debt that they owed was higher than the amount I was willing to pay for the houses.One last thing, I also dropped houses in areas that I don't like or don't want to travel to, like Buford or Sugar Hill, GA.

That way they get the legal paperwork they need and we do not have to have our operating agreement out for general consumption.

My Sugar Pie in Zionsville, IN  has nationally renowned pies.