If I bring the price down to $150k, The return climbs to positive 1.06% return (annual! 

In commercial projects this may be paid quarterly or annually.

Budgeting 2740 for taxes, 1000 for insurance, 1500 for annual maintenance, and 2560 for utilities.Now on to the questions:-the water in my area is billed on a flat rate of 180 every three months.

Also, you are not required to make annual contributions. 

It's a 3% tax rate on a purchase price of $125,000, the assumption that insurance is about $1000 for just the basic policy, and the annual HOA fee of $450.

We are going to reach out to the power company to get records on 12 month high & lows to get an idea of annual electricity costs.  

Fifteen year lease with annual rent increases and lease backed by corporate.

Gross annual income".

If the stock market were to see annual gains of 20%+ for a few years then a large number of people would stop being Saturday afternoon landlords and start being 'stock gurus'. 

I find those type of investors are fine with an 8 to 10% return or better on commercial assets. 18% off of 100,000 invested is 18,000 annually pre-tax.