Will doing so effect the future rent value of the other two units? 

I guess someone is negligent, maybe the PM, but if they built the charges into future HOA fees, it would be too late, the utility gave us 30 days to pay up before cutoff. 

Meaning you will earn a minor cash flow, after expenses, but the properties are being bought because they are solid investment that are always rented in top class neighborhoods, so the investors are looking for places where they can have their mortgage paid down, and the potential of appreciation in the future, while holding an asset that will almost always be rented out.  

I'm considering crowd funding now if no good deals come up in the near future. 

I don't pretend to be able to predict the future as to property values.

But perhaps good to find out now that there's a lot of crazy out there so you'll have an easier time recognizing it in the future.

We have a bright future ahead that includes a LOT of tax liability.

I know- most advice out there is to house hack or BRRR and rinse and repeat every year or two, but I'm pretty adamant about staying here and, honestly, my future investment properties will not be in this area.

Also,  you could request that all future work is approved by you first, this way you know what is going on.  

I'm also interested in meeting experienced investors that would be interested in working together on future investments.A little about myself:I moved from Florida to Chicago about 7 years ago and currently work in Finance at an investment bank downtown.