Does anyone know if I can have the utilities turned on so I can have it tested and inspected.

So I literally have just completed the online coursework portion to become a broker in Washington State.....now the fun part- the broker exam.Here is my question-Do you have any helpful tips or advice on how I go by studying for this beast of a test?

It did not properly prepare him for what was on the test.

the 2nd association it resonates is the highly consumption-driven society we live in. in my area (coastal, urban southern california) i'm surrounded by 2 distinct lifestyles. there's the majority: seems like 95% of the local population who are renters, driving luxury cars, sporting fancy clothes, jewelry, hairdos, etc but obviously living paycheck to paycheck as exemplified by hardly a day somebody or the other is spotted  getting their car repo'ed by a camera crew. the rarer are the landlords, who in this area seem to be of mostly asian demographics (chinese, koreans, japanese) who live obviously very frugally: old 80s model sedan, oldfashion business cloths, always eating simple meal from home, seemingly never splurging $$$ other than into expanding their portfolio), my observance is relatively very few landlords in the area own relatively huge portfolios, each.with the advent of these infomercials and the internet (ie, BP) more and more people want to get a 'piece of the REI pie' and more power to them. there does seem to be this dream of rags to riches and while its ok to dream, do most people actually expect their life to turn around like that, as portrayed in most of the infomercials or even in the everyday setting where the masses living paycheck to paycheck, are spending their last expendable dollars not on depositing into savings acount, but blowing $20 on scratchies etc. in summary, is my observation reminds me of my days when i worked on wall st and the 'ra trace' was so obvious with dime a dozen stock brokers makin 6fig salaries at some point but blowing it on recreational drugs apparently costing thousands of dollars a pop to the point the next week they are broke again and that $ wasnt invested but wasted.  

Test the water before jumping in. 

The systems will be started and tested for proper operation.

The loan officer in this case is also a RE Investor as is his wife, so, I felt that passing his first line test spoke well for the potential of this deal.It might be some time before I bring one into close with them, we are partnered up on a rehab and have our next 2 purchases lined up via seller finance.

.: $16,450Marketing/Promotion: $1,431Trash: $1,961Supplies: $1,579Water Testing: $3,177Misc: $350Total Expenses: $53,370NOI: $53,555Cap Rate: ~ 7.5%Cash on Cash: ~12% (based on 20% down and 30 year am at 5% - still finalizing loan terms so subject to change)DSCR: 1.46x50% Rule ($/unit/mo): $117.171% Rule: 1.31%GRM: 6.36Debt Yield: 9.55% (based on 20% down)Property is in overall good condition but could use some upgrading.

I use HighRise from 37 Signals and am testing a bunch of answering services I Found online.

Reason being, if you read enough you'll notice that they have conflicting and often opposing viewpoints when comparing the books/authors with each other.This sort of doesn't give you a chance to formulate and emulate one position and subsequently test it.