Margins are quite tight in the multi unit realm and ive been having a battle finding a good one - this site opened my eyes a bit - but have been battling to find a good deal.  

It's doing that but maximizing that when the time is right is also what I'm eyeing.  

Do not just allow one person to keep an eye/contact the city.

This might be a rookie mindset is it bad I don't care for cash-flow at the moment in my eyes if someone helping me pay down my mortgage and build equity I'm okay with that.

Fresh eyes help.Mindset Check: You're never going to know everything before you start.

Talk to multiple local investors who are unbiased  (someone not trying to sell you something), get multiple agents and contractors  feedback, and property management companies - two knowledgeble  PMs really opened my eyes to my Class C homes.

An agent can really help get more eyes on your property through MLS and their network, plus some agents have investor clients ready to go and can market it off-market directly to them.

They never even blinked an eye, they only look at the score and care less about anything else.  

They know the market, understand contracts and law, are experts at negotiation, provide a second (objective) set of eyes, and more.

My opinion is that if people were making reasonable business calculations, these types of cases wouldn't even get there as the end result would be a judge having his eyes effectively glazed over and losing confidence in the efficacy of the sub metering solution.