Vending machines, car wash, u name it I want in 

"Don't wash your socks for a year".

The house only cash flows around $150 a month and in the long term it is probably a wash once I have to start getting into maintenance issues (it was built in 1989).

Be especially careful charging a tenant for the entire cost of carpet when the carpets are like 10 years oldPicture or pin holes in walls, as long as not excessive Painting the exterior of the homePressure washing unless there are oil stains from their auto Routine maintenance There are many more circumstances that could and will come into play, but lets all work together to come to a resolution.

Washing machine went out in that same house.

Since you only buy properties that cash flow, the rent covers the mortgage payment, and it's a wash (or better) on your DTI.  

So, I'm trying to figure out how to ask my tenant if I can use the external water faucet on their side so that I can pressure wash the house, and I'll pay them for whatever water I use....

Steve,Remember, leverage cuts both ways... it's the PRUDENT use of leverage that keeps an investor solvent.

If there's a big difference between your purchase price and FMV the additional costs incurred by doing this are more than worth it, but if there isn't a big difference it could be a wash or cost you more than retaining ownership.You need to look at you numbers to see if it's worth it to go through all that.

Lucas Carl if I'm reading correctly then it's a wash?