A lot of lenders used to apply 35% for expenses, but in the last several years, the numbers for supplies, labor, utilities, taxes, etc… have increased significantly.Also take into account the age, occupancy and how has the property been maintained, this will affect the expenses too

Shared laundry meant a fifth utility meter and high water costs that I paid.

GRM and cap rate both looked great, but when we pulled utility records, we found heating costs in winter were brutal because of old, inefficient systems.

ABC kept the first two and half months of rent from the rental guarantee for tenant placement fees and utilities (water, electric).

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Or find a property that is under-utilized or has below market rents.Otherwise, you could also do the OPPOSITE of the great advice from @Jonathan Greene and buy a property with multi-bed units or live in the larger unit and rent out the smaller unit - while getting a roommate(s).

That's just the max they will pay for rent plus utilities.

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Customer Service integration to handle tenant issues, monitoring of Mechanical issues where the A.I. can proactively do something to ensure it's well maintained or to be able to fix an issue, etc.My Portfolio has basically been self-running except for occasional P.M. 

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