You also will still need to manage your property manager  - ie, stay on top of expenses, ensuring your property is being managed effectively etc. 

Be conservative on your rehab budget, rehab timeline, holding costs, etc.

I own a 30-unit community and found it much easier and more cost effective than the 1-4 family and flips that I was doing before that acquisition. 

Wage growth is still running at over 4%, above core inflation.This permeates to all workers, including the construction trades, and thus, to the price/cost of homes.

Seriously, all I can tell you is this:Showing you screenshots, and a ton of leads from my website is a direct indication of the effectiveness of what I am telling you. 

Tenant shall be charged $[amount] to cover the cost of this force-placed insurance.The other lesson is that you should never hand over keys until you have proof the Tenant has met all requirements.

About the same as if you rent it, less costs.

TIAHi Dawn, regarding your occupancy, with in effective dynamic pricing policy, you should still be able to beat the market while weeding out “bad” guests. 

I am doing my best to accommodate and fix the insulation as well as see if there are programs in place to lower the cost. however i want to be firm with tenant as they are not compliant with paying rent because of the cost of the utilities.

Are there other, more cost-effective alternatives to gain similar support and knowledge?