Implementing water-saving initiatives is a smart way to reduce utility costs.

I would also try to minimize expenses through decreasing cleaning costs, installing smart tech like a thermostat to control utility costs, etc.5.

The Housing Choice Voucher program here is run by CMHA (Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority).

$280k home for $2,500 rent is a personal choice.

It might be worth talking to a lawyer but not sure if it's small claims or worth it.Also, you might already have all of these things but for future prevention:- smart thermostat (so you receive alerts when the inside temperature dips below whatever preset you have)- Minut (or similar device) would also alert you to the inside (and outside) temperatures; for example, I have 2 devices inside the house and outside on the hot tub deck.

We hope to get into real estate investing by flipping homes, but we also understand it’s smart to diversify a little and have some longer term goals like rental properties.

They’re not a standard DSCR collateral choice.

There may have been better choices for a rental at the time.  

I also agree that networking with brokers is useful, I was a broker for 15 years, but the choice isn't between networking with brokers or joining a mastermind to network with investors.

So the choice of tenant would be key.On the flip side, reasons to hold: a very low mortgage rate; probably not the case.