Hi Danielle, As a property manager, if you were my client, I would recommend that you incorporate a monthly flat rate utility fee into that tenants lease.

Quote from @Emily Gowen: I only recommend investors sell when they can move the money to a better-performing investment or when the sale moves them closer to a specific goal.

Just to be clear, I am not in anyones corner on this one, I recommend everyone always do their own due diligence as part of any deal.

Most professionals will recommend a separate LLC for every $1 million in assets but I don't think that's necessary.

I recommend not bringing these owners on.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I highly recommend you play with that tool to start getting an understanding of what things you can do to positively affect your credit! 

I recommend that you look at Notice of Defaults, Vacants, Tax Liens or Probate. 

I’ve watched a lot of videos on how to screen and how to set up work with contractors, so I’m hopeful to build those relationships more in this area in the future.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.