Also, They can fall to zero if your location is impacted by natural disaster or if hard crime takes over the neighborhood.

Looking to put in an offer to purchase a unit in Cleveland. Looks like utilities are not split so owner would have to pay. Can anyone give me a ball park range for what those costs might be in winter? It would be 2 up...

I feel I learned a lot, and know some things to look out for, but I'm curious if you pros would have pursued as far as I did or would have clued into the shady nature sooner.I'm working with an investor buyer who found me through BP. 

To follow this plan will require some self-discipline practiced daily, especially if this mindset doesn’t come naturally.

Starting with firing your PM and then deal with the tenant as your attorney advises.When you are looking to hire a new PM, have your attorney draw up a contract that defines the nature of the relationship you hope to have with the new manager, and ask to see a copy of the PM's Policies and Procedures Manual. 

Later on they had consulted an exterminator in Fairfield, where the experts had used the natural pesticides with proper amount, and they had eliminated the fleas safely and properly.

To make the investment worthwhile, naturally I would look at some properties that need a little work, but not a total wreck.

I deal with a municipality, two electric companies, a natural gas provider, and a water provider.

I think most rants are unproductive by their very nature.

I keep the rents the same, and let natural turnover create the vacancy.