Such as cable, apt cleaning, Increase late fees.Rent is the driver.

Things take much longer to develop than people think.Typically when you see big apartment buildings go up it is a 3 to 5 year process.It might only be a few years from the time the public hears about it but before that years of legwork went into getting to that point.I couldn't say if right now was the right time to build.Everything is project specific.If the city will let you use a class C finish rather than a class A the numbers will save you money.Just to give a for instance some cities will demand a traffic light be put in for some projects.The traffic light parts itself are not that expensive but with the fiber optic hookup and underground cabling you are talking hundreds of thousands just for that one item.Typically on larger projects it's a fight for the developer to make profit.They propose a certain density and drawing.The county or city then wants to reduce the density and add in all these road improvements and lights at the cost of the developer.All the costs have to work for both parties to get a deal done.I have seen some projects take 2 years to get approved from submitting after going back and forth with revisions and tabling until the next meeting.So half the battle is the cost and financing available when you break ground and the other is the political junk.How much total land would you be getting??

I'm of the mindset, though, that if it's due on the 1st and late on the 5th, and if the 5th falls on a weekend, then they need to pay it prior to the weekend, such is the same with utility bills, credit card bills, cable bill, etc.

I use cable internet, so I would have to add dedicated fax line.

However, to appease the buyer, if the home is old enough to not have a ground wire in the cable sheath, then the cheapest route is to install GFCI outlets or breakers for the plug circuits, as compared to running ground wires to all the plugs, & this method is code compliant.

I have another question.How does a landlord handle cable/internet, water, electricity and gas...divide the average cost while I lived in the house by 365 and then add that into my factor for establishing my rental rate?

For instance, they failed me once for tenant running cable wires through the house to have additional TVs, and it was a trip hazard.  

I likened real estate similar to an electric trolley hanging and traveling across predetermined destination, that is hanging over a medium, which is an electrical cable.

And the Orange Tube Above the Fireplace is so that the future homeowner can run their cables to their TV down to their cabinet with ease!

Cable is not considered a utility, what can I put on the lease to have this split evenly with all tenants?