@Jonathan Orr  Just to be clear only the management expense associated with the CAM charges are passed back to the tenants. 

The past five years and the associated learning curve has left me with little expendable cash so I need to play the waiting game for a bit and build some capitol.  

I have had a plan set in my head for a few years now that my first big purchase would ideally be a multi unit where I can live in one unit and rent out the others.

We had a tentative deal on a 24-30 unit apartment {I forget precisely how many off the top of my head) a few years ago when the Phase 1 discovered abandoned USTs on the property.  

@Ed PotterLima one capitalPatch of landfund that flipfinance of america capitalThere are four off the top of my head you can check out.

The costs and values associated with this should already be factored in the price of the property. 

(Home owners association) You shouldn't have to estimate it, it should be known exactly what it is.

She needs to drop it back off to the store or you will be heading down to the police station.I don’t know what the distraction was? 

As for HOAs, they aren't cheap but they reduce your insurance costs, and assuming you have a good association they take care of capital and maintenance costs, so it's not like the money is thrown away--you're basically just outsourcing certain expenses via that means.

As @Joe Villeneuve says, if you are not sure where you are heading, making decisions is difficult.