A few months ago around Christmas time we were doing a bathroom remodel for a new homeowner on a house that was flipped, the master bathroom was a disaster, there isn't enough space to go into all the things wrong, so I'll just tell you about the bathtub - jetted tub they bought from Home Depot, so it was a de-engineered Jacuzzi model, low horsepower pump, less jets than the non Home Depot version, but it looked new and shiney. 1) Tub wasn't sitting on the sub-floor, was suspended by it's rim, even it they had built the tub deck correctly to size based on everything else I sure they wouldn't have poured a mortar base for it to sit in.

Home Depot had Christmas ornaments 50-75% off the day after Christmas.

Those things are part of the farm operation and our largest amount of income is from farm products (Christmas trees).  

The difference between the two numbers is the paydown of the principle...in other words, the $3820 mortgage payment is a combination of an expense for interest charged, and an $1,153 trophy....which is really only worth that much when you sell the trophy. 

 :)It's the last bullet on this page:http://www.suncommunities.com/RentaHome.aspxBasically like a Christmas savings account being funded from a portion of the normal rent.If you take Frank's boot camp (the above mobilehomeuniversity URL) or get on the free forum at that URL and ask about how some operators convert park owned to tenant owned.  

We bought a townhouse there at Christmas time and will hopefully be moving soon.

We were finally able to fly up around christmas and do our walk through- and man was that an experience.  

That would work since I would only be able to go for spring break and over the Christmas holiday.

IF on the other hand, you lose a tenant at a low activity time of year (e.g. just before Christmas / New Year) and the unit needs some work before it can be re-rented, it is very easy for a fair bit of time to pass.For a multifamily, it is normal / common to have a house meter for the electrical (external lights, hallway lights, etc) and possibly a house gas meter (if there are common areas and depending on how the common areas are heated).

Typically all the units in my building rent for the weeks of Thanksgiving ($130-180/night) & Christmas/New Years ($360-400/night).