Need to watch out for utilities like water meter, electrical, gas, and sewer.

Not to be a downer, but I'm not clear how I would utilize this metric to manage my properties. 

They stayed up to all hours of the night and apparently culturally were very heavy footed so for weeks on end they stomped up and down the stairs all night long.

And they should have accounts for everything with heavy discounts built in for their quantity buying.

I am NET cash flowing just over 1k (includes maintenance, repairs, cap-ex, vacancies, utilities), which is pretty good considering this is in SoCal.

My tax advisor referred me to them, and I also utilized cost segregation on the properties, which significantly reduced my tax bills.

Utilities paid by me or lawn mowing and snow, realtor commission for renting, legal expenses etc.  

@Shelby Ek Do you need to activate the utilities in order to qualify for the loan you are getting?

  $31k after tax annual income - $11k rent = $20k or $1,600 per month net income left to cover all other expenses (utilities, cars, insurance, groceries, kids, activities, etc.).Median household income for 38128 is $41k or $36k after tax

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