Make it a habit to only entertain certain properties that have their own meter and it will make life much easier.

I really recommend James Clear's writing about habit creep.

the house that needs the septic  .. for instance is probably not habitable.. and septics depending on the type of system etc.. can cost 20 to 50k to put in.. just saying thats why the price is probably where its at.. looks like a nice deal though but i dont know where there are that steep of mountians in N OHIO.

I find that more times than not, when a property is remaining vacant that is habitable and priced correctly, the broker is the problem.

In this case I wouldn’t have gone as far as paying for their hotel if the unit is habitable, so it looks like you made a good call in my opinion.

The most vital part of your success will be qualifying and building your team, be sure that each working part of your team is responsive and clearly understands your short and long term goals.

Many of the items were suppose to have been fixed by the contractor doing the re-hab.  It

These tenants have already started complaining about habitability, and have threatened dragging things out by requesting jury trial.

What's one habit that you swear by? 

When I got out I had a nasty habit.