Some of your costs like utility, insurance, tax expense will go up with inflation, but so will your rent. 

Specifically, taxes and utilities vary so much depending on the town and property, that you really need actuals to accurately analyze a property.

I am able to utilize working in a major city as a hiring perk in a relocation to South Carolina.

@George Aston I would be happy to show you how my wife and I utilized a HELOC to pay down our home in 1/4 the time then a traditional mortgage!

@Jason L.You're missing CapEx (7.5%)Management  is probably going to be 10%What about utilities?

Due to circumstances I ended up making this move sooner than I planned so long story short I now need to utilize the house flipping for living income.

Julian,I would say it is pretty typical in our area for the tenant to pay all utilities, as well as take care of lawn care/snow removal. 

Personally I would only because nobody wants to pay high rents with high utility costs, my coworker is going through that problem now, he’s renting an apartment but his November utility bills came in @$200 for a 2 bedroom, he’s not to happy with that, he also has old windows and no insulation, maybe others can weigh in on this, hope it helps 

I have been interested in utilizing investor Self Directed IRAs for some time for my Real Estate projects.

I am looking into getting a 4plex and found out that all utilities are being payed by owner and the rent is not adjusted for this.