My partner/contractor feels like we overpaid for the amount of work that was done.Something else to think about... our home had a garage on slab that had been converted to an addition and tied in with the rest of the house.

Am I better off just trying to maximize the building's energy efficiency as much as possible, or is it worth trying to convert these expenses over to the tenants?

But the current owners was talking about converting the heat so tenants pay their own heat.

The property I bought is a single family home that was converted into a four unit rental in the Virginia Highlands right next to the Beltline.  

After you've used that property for a while as investment you can convert it to your new primary and sell your old primary - voila!! 

I think you need more income to make this deal work so I would suggest you convert the kitchen into another Bedroom, or better yet make it into a studio room.  

That would certainly drive off buy-hold investors, although you'd think some fix-flipper would have snapped up a 4,400 sqft. house and eagerly converted it.

One thing we need to work on is converting these non-desperate sellers as leads for our real estate agent to list.

Here are some numbers for you all:Purchase price: 78,001Principal Balance: 72800.18 @ 4.25%- 30 yr Conventional loan through BBT; The home was a foreclosure, but purchased the home from HUD through an online auction, and paid 5% down for Conventional loan with PMI.Monthly payment: 628.16Home owners insurance: 1034.68 (Allstate- Estimated cost to rebuild is 166,851)Current Property Assessment from County: 97,100 for building and 26,900 for land: Total- 124,000Zestimate (if this means anything): 123,382Square footage: 2020 with 1526 containing HVAC (Electric) and a converted garage into a carpeted room with window AC, 2 old wall heaters, washer/dryer/water heater, outside door around 494 sq ft.

Some people have found difficulty in getting an FHA loan for an LLC.Then you need to make sure with the authority having jurisdiction over that building if you can in fact convert the building to 3 separate living units.