When you get in your car and drive off your driveway - you have to follow the traffic rules such as: when you come to a stop sign - you have to stop, when you come to the red light - you have to stop and wait for the green light in order to turn left, you have to drive on the right side of the road - you can't drive on the left side.

@Angela Romero common area/basement lighting, water, city sewer requirements, lawn moving, etc

I spent three weeks there painting and light rehab.  

With the small amount of garbage in each pail, a light wind would blow it over.

For reference I am working on a 3 family full rehab, plumbing, electrical and light framing of closets and doors. 

People will leave lights on, crank the AC and even freeze it, etc...you learn ways to control that, but be ready to work through some of those things. 

When we learned about the deal we knew the renovation would be light, and it would provide a chance to go through the process of flipping a house without doing a large renovation.

So is it typical for all utilities to be covered by tenant, even for shared common areas (elec for hallway lights) in San Antonio?   

I actually picked up a tip on how to guestimate repair costs from a bigger pockets video.........Off top every house needs 5k worth of work.......then $10/sq ft for light rehab......$15/sq ft for medium rehab......$20/sq ft for full rehab.....

In the middle of a light rehab now, and just signed a tenant this weekend!