My suggestion would be to cap your utilities at a certain amount and have Tenants pay anything over that amount.That will help you manage your expenses, and also allow Tenants to gage their usage each month, and make adjustments if they don't want to go over the allotted amount.As far as collection, provide the bill showing any overages and just have them pay for it along with their rent. 

The tenant must pay the full amount owed to avoid eviction, even if the judge ruled in favor of the landlord.").  

Itemized breakdown has ridiculous amounts for damages, thefts of toolboxes, medical claim, loss of use etc.

As a MF agent who spends a large amount of time calling apartment owners (or rather, numbers purporting to be apartment owners), please believe me that reaching out to random run down buildings owners is unlikely to get you any deals.

Here's an easy prompt for it:Please calculate how much I can afford for a duplex using FHA current guidelines of debt to income ratio, with one side being rented currently for "XXXX" amount.  

I’m open to either a townhouse or a single-family home, but I’m definitely trying to steer clear of any crazy HOAs that eat into cash flow (you know what I’m talking about!).

Use the HELOC on cash-generating opportunities like flips, then use the cash generated to buy long-term buy and hold investments. 

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Lenders will lend the lower of the amount between LTC and LTV.Do you require an appraisal and survey?

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