Each of my quads have "fixed" water cost, every 2 months, billing shows (and that's not the water usage line):Detroit sewage: $89.00Recycling: $16.96Detroit water: $144.64Total : $250.60Per year: $1,503.60So for 2 quads: $3,007.20.If I don't pay my water bills for a year, it will be a fixed $3,000 tax + tenants' water usage.It goes up quickly...Does that sound normal for 8 units?

It seems to me that something was dropped on the stove rather than it breaking from normal use.

The paperwork is not that different from normally held real estate and the only taxable event would be if you financed the property and then sold it at a profit.

What do you normally say when you talk to them?

Some one slips and falls, normally it needs to be bigger than a few grand for them to think attorney.

They ultimately choose them because of pricing and it has now cost them at least 1.5-2 times the normal contractor pricing and the deadlines are usually set back because of it.When you are part of our client base, if you choose us to complete your flip, you can rest assured your project would be completed by true professionals, on time, on budget and most importantly with the highest quality of craftsmanship possible. 

I feel like I should at least be making some cash flow, but after the mortgages are paid, PM collects her fee (8%) and any repairs,maintenance, taxes or insurance are paid, I'm left with no extra income. something seems amiss here and when I ask PM she says this is normal and to be expected the first few years of owning rental property.

Because of this he won't be able to give me a normal record of employment with salary on it. 

So you can't really compare how you do things in a regular job, because landlording is not the same as a typical job that we consider to be normal. 

There's nothing that would have prevented these tenants from getting through my screening, as they were perfectly normal before the domestic disturbance on 3/17.