This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.

The second clause is important because tenants often abuse utilities when they are included in the rent.

2 does he have income3 does he have assets4 if you do this without him getting legal advice, you may have a problem in the future.5 look up the elder abuse laws in ca.

Actually it IS cheap if it helps you REALLY get started making money in real estate - and that kind of professional is MUCH less expensive than a $25,000 weekend course which features a bus trip with a smelly long-haired burned-out reality TV star.And you don't want to give 50% of your profits for the next 20 years to some info-marketer based in Phoenix.  

DF was spirited for the systematic abusers, not mom and pop., So they gave the states that exemption clause ability.

One may be re-habbed or closer to a bus stop or train station. 

After pretty much throwing away $15,000 on "Rich Dad Poor Dad"/"Tigrent" real estate investing courses, I found I actually learned something useful from Mike Wolf's investing tours and they are definitely not a scam.One of Mike's deals is that if you take one of his US investing tours you get him as a mentor for life and I have definitely used and abused that benefit.  

For example, near a college campus 5 blocks away is walking distance, but 10 blocks likely means a bus ride.Put yourself in the tenant's shoes and decide what's too far and what's not.

Yeah, on the come-up I let client's use and abuse the hell out of me, it's the grind.

The rent control tenants abuse the system and try to pass-on the apartment to family for generations.