What I do for my units with shared meters is I charge 50% flat to each tenant which prevents waste I get no issues with any waste due to this but the ones that share electric bills do get many complaints due to the size of the bill.

Agree a conversation is in the cards but if anything it would be more than fair to agree to keep the rent flat vs any type of reduction (at least that's my logic).

just curious) - Flat fee for advice or a small profit cut (5–10%) if she’s hands-on.

It was all risk capital on my part all up front since i would only get paid for success.. these were 200k duplex's at the time and I charged 30k EACH flat fee..

Many investors - including Dave Ramsey - attempt to gain wealth quickly through risky leverage, and they fall flat on their face.

It took me 10 years and I had the benefit of starting when RE was cheap.A business has literally the opposite character: it's primary strength is cash flow.

Then a nice flat lot.  

I'm in the camp (tax-wise) that there should be a Flat tax or better yet, National Sales tax with no deductions for anybody or anything......so obviously the concept of depreciation would go away also.

Another option is to hire independent inspectors or even handymen whom you can pay a flat fee for every time they inspect your house.

I know this my be a tangent for this thread, but I didn't know there were questions about Zook's character.