Some buildings have a fifth meter for the owner if there are items like exterior parking lights or other things that aren't tenant specific for the owner to cover.

I agree with the horizontal siding.. light/earthy colors will make it look great (keep the rock bottom).  

Hi All,Posting this in light of the BP article sent out today "An FHA-Financed Duplex is an Ideal First Investment Property: Here’s Why"So I already have one duplex. 

I looked up the zoning and it is zoned light industrial.

The expense load seems a little light, but it sounds like a great opportunity!

Depends on the culture ... sometimes a red door means something MUCH different ;-) Maybe a red light illuminating the red door?

We didn't do anything like install a hot tub, fancy lighting, fancy bidet, etc.

Color of walls will be some sort of a light neutral gray with white trim and white ceilings.

They either toss filters out or we'd find them sitting in a closet after they moved.It's the 80/20 rule. 80% of your tenants won't even replace burnt out light bulbs so they won't replace air filters.

First, some light background review.