"You can't get blood from a stone."

Im fresh blood in real estate all around.

For me though 08 to 2011 was an event I never saw in the previous 30 years in the business there was some regional blood letting.. many don't realize but the SF bay area right after the earthquake and war some high end homes dropped 50% even in the pristine areas.. so its happened.. but on a national scale 08 hopefully was a once in a lifetime event. 

@Ned J. finding a good team def takes some blood, sweat, and tears lol. 

You can't get blood from a turnip. 

Strategies like BRRRR are too risky for my blood.

HouseHacking is in our blood and has been hugely profitably for my family’s financial life.

I wouldn't separate the utilities but I would try to save some water cost by adding a hot water circulating pump to the hot water heater...that basically makes it so when they turn on the hot water it's instantly hot instead of having to wait a minute for it to get hot....another benefit of the hot water circulating pump is that it helps prevent pipes from freezing in the winter, turn off the outside spigot so people can't steal water, have a plumber go through the 4 plex and look for leaks and replace any toilet flaps...replace any toilets that are water hogs. 

Does the IRS really have the ability to get blood out of a stone?

@MARK FERGUSON.To be uptight is definitely punishable by high blood pussure and no friends.