Nearly every house I can see from here burned to the ground in 2017, including the house that was on this very lot and almost every house on this street.  5,300 in total. 

I had a project last year that a sub hit a conduit that was marked out and the utility made a claim many months later.

. $69k for a 3 unit with gross rents of $2k a month and total expenses of $800 a month which included management and capX.

Consider this: there are an estimated 10K homes in Pacific Palisades, at least half of which were destroyed. 25% were constructed during the 60-70's and +/- 75 TOTAL were built in the past FIVE years. 

Does that include utility service to the house, a driveway, septic and well? 

What the gurus don't tell you is that they are comparing market rents to the GROSS amount of S8 rent on a voucher which INCLUDES LANDORD PAID UTILITIES!

Opt 1) utilizing our savings in the brokerage account and emergency fund and pay for it all up front. 

I enjoy finding creative ways to monetize normally overlooked spaces at my rental properties.  I've been successful at renting out detached garages on a few of my properties.  I'm soon closing on a multi-family proper...

Does anyone know how or if evictions from a utility space/garage differs from a residential eviction?  

These typically include services like renters insurance, HVAC filter delivery, pest control, and sometimes utility management.