Rare in Texas I think to find a PM that wants to manage anything as rent by the room. 

We manage over 85 listings.  

The house is a 4-Plex in Webster, MA, with the largest apartment on ground level that is currently occupied by her parents.2. (1) Apartment is currently rented without a lease.3.

My suggestion would be to cap your utilities at a certain amount and have Tenants pay anything over that amount.That will help you manage your expenses, and also allow Tenants to gage their usage each month, and make adjustments if they don't want to go over the allotted amount.As far as collection, provide the bill showing any overages and just have them pay for it along with their rent. 

This involves creating a Wyoming (WY) blocker LLC, which will act as the member-manager of the Michigan LLC.

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Hi Collin,After managing hundreds of properties, I always keep an eye on short-term rental trends, especially in key markets like the Smokies.

I don't know if this is a newbie but if so, they are ahead of the curve in regard to most mid-level investors.

A manager will roughly cost $100-$150 a month to take over a unit (it could be more or less in your market) and manage the units.

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