If electric is not being separately metered, then I presume you (as the owner) are paying the electric bill, so in effect, the rents which are being quoted in the listing/advertisement are a bit misleading (although technically accurate) as the rents include utilities.If the boiler is, on average, $250/month, then you are effectively paying about $85/month ($250 / 3 units) worth of heating expense for the tenant.  

This is a really unfortunate issue and can be quite a disturbance when it comes to responding to the effected family.

You're right regarding loss of security clearance, but bankruptcy won't necessarily lead to a discharge, unless it's a secondary effect of illegal actions.

The biggest issue with holding costs outside of paying interest/taxes/etc is the opportunity cost - being able to take this money into a new project is huge and we're trying to move this and move on to the next one....I think we're right on the money currently with price - we've gone over the comps many times and feel we're slightly below the market offering a ton of value.....Do you think staging is effective on a new higher end homes?

After two days of walking the streets and delivering yellow letters, I realized that this was not going to be an effective strategy for me.

Read up on how to do effective marketing and how  to talk to sellers.

And the reason 80% of the mortgage brokers are gone is that part of the Act that says, in effect, "if you buy it you eat it"!  

Is anyone aware of an effective method to generate leads in the UK?

If a multi family is financed under the terms of owner occupancy, will the tax benefits still be in effect?

By any chance, would you have any pointers on the most effective way on going about that.