Or are the residents responsible for storing the energy and utilizing it for particular appliances and etc?

I've instigated over $900K in investment/economic development in CC to date.

If you consider as value-add, anything that lowers the expenses and add to the income (at reasonable costs)You could add storage areaPaid preferred parking (depend on area)Billboard with ads on the property (depends on property)Energy efficiency /Utility efficiency (common areas/responsibility of owner)Coin operated beverage machines

There are people here who can survive a crash worse than the 2007-2009, there are people who will get devastated by the smallest of economic downturns ... 

Spend your energy hating or buy a house to live in while you fix it up;) your choice.

No, they simply want to pick an agent's brain and resources without paying for their time and energies.

2. economic vacancy number projections - often times over optimistic3. expenses - ABP vs individual metered. 

It's to easy to verbally just throw out numbers with no time or energy into the deal.

However, this area is rapidly building up and offers strong economic growth, so it's conceivable that we can exit with worthwhile profit.A friend has suggested we contact a few local commercial real estate brokers to get some estimates.

Seniors with 20+ Year Ownership and Homeowners with Low Economic Stability Scores (FSS) are 2 great alternatives.