I am doing my best to accommodate and fix the insulation as well as see if there are programs in place to lower the cost. however i want to be firm with tenant as they are not compliant with paying rent because of the cost of the utilities.

Will you get a lower rate waiting? 

i'm in Pittsburgh, lower price point than Boston, trying to do my next BRRRR, and I keep getting outbid. 

The lower barrier to entry would be excellent for my personally smaller net worth.

The down payment might be a little higher, but it will be a much longer-term loan that you won't have to worry about coming up with big payment in month 24 and it'll be amortized over a much longer time period (probably 25-30 years), so the monthly payment could actually be lower. 

Your PM should be making recommendations on updates you could make to get it rented, or recommending to lower the rent.

A reason in all markets to potential keep at this time is that you may have significantly lower interest rates if the purchase was done no later than q1 of 2022.  

No guaranteed way to stop a determined, experienced thief:(Only deterrents that push them to easier jobs.The roof may be a good idea - until they figure out the just need a ladder to get up there and a rope to lower it down. 

I haven't heard of that company, but if you are looking for done-for-you real estate investing then just know that your returns are going to be significantly lower.

For further context, we are trying to have him be the name on the loan because he would be able to utilize his first time home buyer loan to take advantage of the lowered offered interest rate.