Some tenants prefer the landlord pay the utilities, especially gas in cold climates, that way they know what the monthly expense will be no matter what.  

What to do or not do crucial information in business other people mistakescan save you time & possibly failure stop you cold dead in your tracks in never succeeding  at  all the task at hand property investing or wholesaler you have to sharpen up your skills critique your plans we don't all do things the same way.

I know I'm just getting myself tripped up in the sunk costs and mental block of previous investment, but it's causing me a little anxiety.

They may have gotten cold feet.I prefer to have face to face dialogue with the future tenants then blindly go into a lease agreement with someone I never met.

We are creating a lead generation website and going to start cold calling.

I'm getting right in it and trying out cold calling tomorrow first thing!

Loving Apex (apart from the cold snap......certainly better than those got it further north but still a shock for someone who spent 3 years in the desert !)

Why would all the cold supply be going through the heater causing it to refill?  

Yes, wonderful, cold, snowy Massachusetts.

Hey @James Wise and @Brent Coombs thanks for your input, I was wondering if I was going to get negative feedback on this, and I know I still need to do my due diligence before I make offers on any properties, but I'm getting tiered of having cold feet because I didn't  have the funding in place.