If the water bill is $100 a month, increase the price by 20% (or whatever you decide is fair) to compensate you for the time required to split and bill and to cover additional use when tenants squander the utility.

I decided to break it down and share the REAL costs and not just estimates.A lot of the work was screwing down and fixing the subfloor as well as completely screwing and securing the ceiling sheetrock.

Don't get too focused on letting the MLS be your deciding factor on a good investment.That would be where I would start and then from there move to connect with a team on the ground.

It's netted us $1,000/mo on average since then.Late 2024 we decided to do a cash out refinance.

Still, if you aren't whittling down the number you are analyzing financially to a small subset you see before deciding what to do, you are missing an essential part of getting to the tipping point of expertise in your field.

When they decided to inquire about the rescue fund they left me out of all of it then threw me on a call with the lender, rescue fund, an attorney they hired for themselves and a few partners.

Whether you spend time networking, reading books, watching videos or connecting on bigger pockets or if you spend cash hiring a mentor, maybe partnering up with or doing free intern work for a real estate investor; whichever route you decide to go investing in yourself is one of the best investments you can make. 

I decided to go with Beaty.

Deciding to buy a duplex or SFH.  

Great take it to the courts and let them decide.