Currently live in NY - looking to sink my teeth into the Philadelphia market.

I have no savings to begin with whatsoever.

The letter also suggests ways they can help lower the overall bill by turning off the AC or Heater when they are at work, taking shorter showers, not letting the water run when they brush their teeth, notifying the PM if they have a leak in a faucet or the toilet, etc.I highly recommend everyone do this as soon as possible.

From a building owner point of view, I wouldn't do it unless there were financial advantages, because I can envision a whole list of cons:court injunctions preventing you from emptying the building to do something with itlawsuits by the advocacy and others because of [insert issue here]insurance considerationsgeneral lack of oversight and lawlessnessETCIf I owned a building, the only way I would do this is if the building was junk anyway, some third party was leasing it from me, and I was legally absolved of any responsibility whatsoever in the operation.

@Angeline Mentor  I have no affiliation whatsoever with this company, but check outhttp://leadpropeller.com/They founders (I think) did a podcast with BP as well. 

If someone who is of sound mind and fully informed decides to give away tens of thousands of dollars in equity to an investor, I have no problem with that whatsoever. 

Exact numbers: $680,000 purchase price/value20% downLoan of $544,000 single family primary residence for absolutely no costs (no points, no appraisals fees, no closing costs, literally zero cost to me whatsoever), the rate today is 4.375%. 

So every operational tweak that I thing is smarter, more efficient and geared towards better customer service is pulling teeth.

@Crystal Musser  You got by on that deal by the skin on your teeth .

Cut your teeth on smaller properties, 5-20 units, joint venture with a few people to purchase and operate something you can afford together.