In most areas that system is sized not based on consumption but on the ability to deliver water to fight a fire.

Is there anything you can do yourself to cut costs - remove old water tank, deliver new one - take out old toliet, break out walls to give plumber access to pipe channels, etc., etc.?

Third unit delivered vacantMortgage, Insurance, Taxes: $2850 (4.25% rate on conventional 30 year)Down Payment: $150k (Was considering FHA, but since the property price tag is quite high, the monthly MI premiums would have been killer)Rental Income: $26,400Based on these numbers, is this a viable option for me?

Yes even though there are only 39 official cities and towns, there are hundreds of smaller areas which have their own names.In some cases you actually have to use the alternate name in order for mail to get delivered correctly, e.g., Saunderstown vs.

IE homes went from 500k on average to 1 mil. ( talking SF peninsula and prime LA) there were many human interest pieces in the sunday papers ( remember those you used to have them delivered to your door and then read them )... about people doing just that cashing in and moving to some little town In Iowa or Ohio or some other very inexpensive place to live and raising their kiddo's etc etc.I would think our average dual income family ( that's average earners) probably make 100 to 120k a hear combined... my 36 YO has a salary over 200k at intel plus her hubby... and they live nice but not over the top.. if she could telecommute to some other mid west area that would probably be a nice living and lifestyle.. but its still work .. but their is work in all we do whether its rentals or going to work. 

The home will be delivered to you in the same condition that you bought it.

Because of her job status (she also runs a business delivering flowers) she is unable to acquire a mortgage at this time as the banks do not consider her income, which is why she is seeking a lease option. 

It's often good to deliver this in person (if you are self managing) or have your property manager do it in person.

If they never delivered that service to you, absolutely report this to your credit card company...It's hard to say real estate guru offerings are "scams", as they offer a service and provide some real content and they have some (a few) who have had success with their programs.  

They do NOT want surprises, they do not want buyers saying fix this fix that, pay for this pay for that, they want the most amount of money from their house, and they want speed without hassles.Agents today cannot deliver because buyers that are cash qualified ask sellers for lots of things, ask sellers to pay for things that sellers don’t want to pay for.And a lot of sellers are cash-strapped, so they can’t pay cash to fix the things of the house, and they don’t want repairs on credit cards.