They earn very well, but no not a $5m annual salary, lol.

This is your annual net operating income (NOI) divided by the purchase price.

Limitations on Rental Income Growth Impact: Rent control laws place limits on how much rent can be increased annually.

Our latest case study revealed that our owners achieved 35% higher occupancy and earned 35% more annually by implementing our recommendations.Right Now, there is an Amenities Arms Race. 

Chad Littell from CoStar notes that while institutional investors adjusted their strategies early in response to rate hikes, individual investors have only recently begun scaling back.July Sales ReportAccording to CoStar’s July Commercial Repeat-Sale Indices (CCRSI), the equal-weighted U.S. composite index, tracking smaller market sales, showed only a 0.2% price increase from June, with prices down 0.7% year-over-year, marking the first annual decline since 2012.

On the gutter question, some vendors will include service annually or biannually with certain install packages, so that could be something to consider.

It seems the city has looked the other way on many of these for years.My questions are:- Has anyone ever had to deal with the city on this issue during annual inspections, POS inspections, etc?

DSCR = Net Operating Income (NOI) / Debt Service (Annual loan payments).

Normally the tenants understand.If you're having consistent issues with a tenant abusing the HVAC only (if they are abusing other items then it may be helpful to find a new tenant), I know some HVAC companies offer an annual plan with a certain number of visits per year at a flat fee.

Eager to learn about RE tax write-offs, how to document/keep up with expenses, what can be written off, etc. at this point...However, the 3 RE focused CPA's I've visited with want $5,000 annually for a couple hour sessions a year and a few recorded classes and other resources, which does not include tax preparation.