What kind of rental criteria do you use, and how do you handle folks with dubious credit history?

(What kind of cold calling software can I get to acquire phone numbers?)

Lastly, simply raising the rent to cover the water bill seems like the easiest, however, should their portion of the bill exceed the amount I increase their rent by, then it'd be out of my pocket.I'm kind of at a crossroads here with making a decision and want to hear anyone's experience regarding the topic.

This strategy allows investors to defer capital gains taxes when they sell an investment property, provided they reinvest the proceeds into a like-kind property.

I find that's definitely the first thing that is good to think about, you'll hear people talk about their "buy box" which is just a way of saying what kinds of deals and opportunities you're interested in. 

The name 'due on sale' is misleading, it is usually a 'due on any kind of transfer of interest clause'.

Is the strategy kind of like foreclosures where you try to make a deal with the owners to get the properties from them by making them an offer?

Look at the property all you want before you buy, but once you are under contract it's yours- no backing out.If you are experienced these types of contracts shouldn't scare you because you should know the kind of deal you are getting.

Real estate sales have kind become slow this year.

Feel kind of non-sense that biggerpockets advertise multi-family a lot and there is no way to find the deals for that.