@Jashmine Cook Good luck with your investing!

@Doyle Cook, hmm...maybe.

Therefore, guests can be matched up approiately with the right property for them.For example, I do not want smokers of any substance, inside or outside of my property.

It smells like smoke....It was previously an apartment with animals and and a smoker.

This is super cook thanks for sharing!

In my opinion, there are simply too many cooks in the kitchen.

To save water, have the tenants share the shower, only take one bath a week, flush the toilet only after 5 uses, remove the water meter and replace it with a connector pipe (so no water is being metered), have tenants only use bottle water to drink and cook with, take showers at vacant for sale  houses where you have the key box code (make friends with your local agent), wash up in the morning in the bathroom at a local restaurant or gas station. ;-)OK, I am only kidding.The only appliance you have that can be replace with a higher efficiency unit would be the water heater.Bill the tenants for water use, make copies of the water bill and have the tenants pay per sq. ft. of the space they rent.Water bills for our family properties has always been a problem.Often times the meter is not read or miss-readIf you have your own meters installed, the burden is that you have to read it every quarter.

Originally posted by @Ethan Cooke:@Wendy Schultz - Thank you for the examples, I agree with all the risks you have outlined.  

Originally we were thinking about investing in Chicago but based on my research, Cook County is not very landlord friendly and it might be best to avoid.

Thanks @Dustin Cook for the advice.