I feel it should be taken with a grain of salt, and replicated to some degree when you get to a point where you own multiple properties, and have something to lose...

As for snow removal, my lawyer and insurance broker both explained to me that in Ohio, if a landlord plows snow on driveways and side walks, treats with salt, and someone slips and falls, you are actually much more liable than if you do not treat at all.

You might want to take everything that an inspector says with a little grain of salt.

Ben Visser many of the people posting on your thread don’t understand the UT market so maybe take what they tell you with a grain of salt.

But lastly don't take gurus advice literal, take it with a grain of salt.

270 for a duplex or anything that big in Salt Lake is really good, but paying that price outside the Wasatch Front may still be paying too much.

@CHRIS SIBERRY I haven't done my first deal as of yet, so take my advice with a grain of salt.

they get the write off. ( which of course we need.. like you said that goes away and that spells trouble. )  salt is already bad enough for high priced markets. 

Haven't closed a deal yet, so take it with a grain of salt but he's seemed pretty good to me so far.

If the units are month to month I would take the whole “fully rented” aspect of the owners/agents sales pitch with a grain of salt...why are there no leases in place to protect the owner?