I think it comes down to you the investor needing to raise your financial IQ to be able to advise your tax professional on what to do so they can implement the strategy instead of them strong arming you into a conservative and poor tax play.

You largely implement tenant pool specific "wants" through renovation.

Because when you take all responsibility you also have full power to create solutions or implement solutions from your guide or mentor.

By implementing a plan such as the 12 week year, you will come up with a plan, and execute that plan within 12 weeks or roughly 3 months.

Raised rents, implemented park rules, hired a new manager, brought in more trailers What was the outcome?

All the more reason to avoid master meter properties or implement RUBS if possible.

I will say Resman is easier to implement and use unless you have tens of thousands of units.As for the WO entry, that is also a business process issue and the PM or maintenance lead should make sure all WO entries are entered by the end of the day or at least 48 hrs.Don't let laziness or lack of resources be blamed on the software.

Not necessarily looking for RUBS or any sort of utility bill back as this is already in our business plan, instead someone who can come in and identify utility bleed over, and implement cost savings solutions primarily for water. 

Implement a marketing campaign where you parlay your direct mail pieces (4) with cold calling, and email sequences. 

@Ben LeybovichAs we have discussed on FB this is a great idea and strategy to implement.