You can deduct a proportionate amount of your mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, electricity, water, gas, etc. and you can deduct any expenses that are directly associated with the portion of the property that is being rented out.

It will be nice to be splitting this and it gas historically improved quickly.  

Oh God, a gas grill and you still purchased the unit!!

I would not partner with someone to build, too much liability if the house sinks or gas blows...

@Bryson WilliamsTypically you would have your tenants pay their own utilities since you wouldn't want to cover someone's high water or electricity/gas bills but some cities will put a lien on your property if certain utilities aren't paid.

You could go oil/gas rights. 

Shelter and gas prices were more than half the monthly increase for all items measured in the CPI for March.Of note, recently you may have read quite a lot about the tremendous apartment unit growth we are in the midst of (as I have written about).

The issues seem to be Baltimore Gas and Electric takes forever to do an inspection - 3 months sometimes. 

Area has mix of older retail strips, motels, banks, gas stations, some QSR, a few independent restaurants, services (barber shops, etc.), and retail, warehouses, factories, and a business incubator for entrepreneurs. 

You want to investigate the full range of possible 1031 options (residential, commercial, syndicated, active, passive, oil/gas/solar, etc.) if you're hunting for income.