You can use a tool like AirDNA to get estimates of property performance in your specific market and with your typical size and configuration of home.

Security Deposit: 2600Lease states no smoking/painting walls/no hanging things on wallsTenants have moved out and have left two truck loads of garbage to be removed.Damaged doorPainted walls which got on the ceiling and trim Lots of holes on the walls throughout the houseDamage from windows being left open constantly Weed was clearly smoked in the house (smell throughout the place) so we need to deep cleanWater bill wasn't paid so I had to turn back on utilityMissing keyQuoted costs:$450 junk removal (some furniture)$935 for damaged doors/windows, painting cleaning$30 for utility turn onTenants were only there for a year before moving out so a lot of this is beyond normal wear and tear. 

Typically it would be the tenants responsibility to provide access.

You're better off opting for an interest-only mortgage, saving on payments, and then refinancing it into something more conventional when interest rates drop—or, if possible, making a plan to pay down the principal.Interest-only loans, which typically last for the first 5 to 10 years of the loan term, offer two key benefits.

The LLC helps when you are trying to do things like turn on utilities. 

@Will Almand this sounds like a very useful case for cost segregation especially if you can utilize the depreciation expenses against your income.

You're marking the equities to most recent returns, the reality is a real estate investment to live in is a guaranteed rate of return and serves utility. 

Typically, structures are grandfathered under old codes and zoning in which case it would be called compliant, but non-conforming. 

I am not typically litigious, but this situation is unacceptable.

We have regular evictions at this scale and they typically will take a few months up to six or seven months if the tenant contest/hires an attorney.