in my area, tenants pay gas and electric, but not usually water sewer and garbage...

But remember...garbage in = garbage out.

That being said the only guy I’ve seen make money off of condos was going around buying garbage garden units around the city in great locations and doing decent 6-7 CAP.

There is so much garbage to sort through on Craigslist, it is almost unusable to me these days.That said, I did get a buyer for a wholesale property off of Craigslist that turned into a repeat buyer for several of my deals, so it still has its place as a potential lead generator.

Another one.. we got a house from auction.com for dirt cheap ($5K), our contractor told us the house was just straight up garbage,  it'd be easier to just tear it and and rebuild.. we resold it for $10K, but it was scary at the time! 

With a 1 month vacancy allowance, $100/mo for water/sewer/garbage, 20% capex & maintenance, taxes, insurance, 12% management, 5% mortgage, I came out with a $215/mo cash flow. 

I would get lists from sources like listsource or a title company sounds like your list was filled with garbage leads you got to be careful when it comes to lists.

I am referring to stuff like a clogged toilet, running toilet, garbage disposal clog...that is why I have an $80 value because this would be charge for plumber to fix something in the first 30 minutes :)  I have a website I am using to create the lease and it is based on the state laws of TX so I think I am good with that.  

I talked to the city police who frequented the property and they said that the piles of garbage were as high as the eves of the roof.  

I ran some numbers and based on a 30yr fixed loan with low to no interest (because I think this might be the arrangement my parents would be open to), it appears this could potentially cashflow at least close to around $500 per month based on loan payments, property taxes, and other expenses like HOA dues, garbage, repairs, etc.