No utilities I assume means soon no rental income and eventual foreclosure.

The carrying costs for the house are not cheap considering the interest payment, utilities, insurance, and taxes. 

Hello everyone!New to the real estate investing world (I have one deal under my belt!) and I'm currently soaking up as much information as I can and creating a strategy for the coming months.I have a chunk of money cu...

MHPs see greater deviation from the norm than SFRs and MF; think, #pads, vacant pads, public/private utilities,RUBS ect, which further degrades the value of "rules" Plus you have a calculator on your phone, use it. 

If a common practice in your market that's likely the easier way to go.  

How can I fully utilize equity in my rental properties? 

The cap ex and vacancy rates are 5%, and 6% for repairs, which totals $176.The realtor informed me that this has been rented by grad students for $1100-$1300/month plus utilities.

This is pretty common on tax sale properties.   

I drive for dollars occasionally, but I don't believe it is yielding enough results as small multi's are not very common in my target areas.  

.- First off, you have a very under utilized bike path that goes through Malden and I think that bike paths are one of the main attractions for hipsters.