In person is better than over the phone if possible, as I have been told by annoyed or lazy clerks "NO STR allowed" as that was the easy button to get me off the phone, or if they are anti STR. 

EBR housing allows around $1,300/month for 3 bedrooms.

If you are in the CLT area and are looking to connect with othr like-minded individuals, I would love to grab a coffee with you!

The positive is you can get them out with 60 day notice so 60 day escrow would allow the unit to be delivered vacant (assuming zero issues terminating the rental)good luck 

We don't allow any "deal-making" in the forums, which includes advertising your services or properties, looking for partners, etc.

R10, R15 zones are sparse and seem to be the only that allow for duplexes.

have looked into Batchleads as well but quality of data looks comparable  Check out traceestate.com $0.08 per individual and $0.15 per LLC.

The reason the answer is framed this way is because when you take a HELOC out to make repairs on your personal residence, you are allowed to tax the interest deduction on your Schedule A of your 1040 income tax return.

The mechanism would allow the property to be re-deeded to all of the LPs as tenants in common. 

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.