They can take care of a lot of the monotonous tasks, and even do things like send leases, screen tenants, add rent charges, pay utility bills, the list goes on. 

(prorating utilities by tenant head count for instance). 

•Explore partnering with wholesalers and real estate agents who bring you off-market deals.5.Continue Building Credit:•As your properties generate income, pay down your credit lines strategically to maintain high credit limits and low utilization.

I'd love to utilize their expertise when assessing a property since they are local but I'm not sure what the general expectation is when I don't have a tangible property and I have not entered into contract to work with them yet.Some questions I have are: local regulations/permitting timeline, property's potential from their perspective, landscaping/amenities cost estimate (they also help facilitate this).

Between graphics cards and utility bills, hard to claim $0 for anyone I knew doing it. 

However, if you're running your numbers then you'll want to make sure that you're including all the interested paid for the money borrowed from your HELOC as well as the carrying costs including utilities, insurance and property taxes.

Even without a budget for repairs/etc - let's just define "cashflow" as income left over after PITI & utilities for a moment - Mac Groveland and Highland Park are going to be tough.

Further, how can you enforce collections if you're not a utility?

Add utilities, lawn and pool care $800-1000.

Vacancy: 3 weeks every 2 years + utilities Make ready expenses: from $1000 to $5000 depending on house needs