This is handy if you have a specific email address that you use for one property but you want to handle all of your communication from another email account. 

Larger government laws overrule smaller ones.Anyway, this page from the Ohio bar says you can put it in the tenant's name: https://www.ohiobar.org/forpublic/resources/lawfac...It's sounding like "keep the water in the owner's name" is common practice people think is actually required.Edit: I'm obviously not giving anyone legal advice, I'm just an accountant raised by lawyers, so I'm persnickety about this stuff.

Account Closed Thanks for the laugh, actually I don't think we could get $1100 for rent, more like $950.  

If you can't, then yes you can bring your mother (or another person) onto the mortgage to help increase the income, but keep in mind, the lender will also have to take into account her liabilities as well.If you decide not to do that, or you still can't qualify with her added.

Account Closed, what were your struggles with renting to the college population?

Only you can calculate what that amount will be (after taking into account how much work needs to be done and what you realistically think the ARV will be and what profit you would be happy with).

Shane:I would offer that there is insufficient free cashflow in the deal.If you must finance, or prefer to finance, the property than your analysis of the business has to account for that financing.  

When I ran the credit check, it did show a large number of inquiries followed by a number of accounts closed due to bankruptcy a little over a year ago.She also said that a company handles all her bills so she would need a letter stating the amount of the deposit and rent and they would send us a check. 

A company can only accomplish these goals by keeping its word and by genuinely seeking to help its clients.We will set up automatic payments which will transfer the funds necessary to pay the entire monthly mortgage from our company’s bank account directly to their mortgage account every month on time.

Martin and Account Closed, I'll definitely check out some of those meet ups!