If they don’t meet your requirements, there should be no bending of your rules.

I rarely make emotional decisions like that, but everybody who came to see the place really commented on the backsplash and how unusual it is, so I think it's one of the reasons why the place moved so quickly.In order to build the spreadsheet at first, I used Home Depot and Lowe's prices for things like doors, sinks, bathroom faucets, cabinets, etc.  

@Mike Bend you have a lot of equity, and I think you should look at your long term goals to see if your town home fits in.

And we just bend over and take it like this is normal and the way it's supposed to be.

A month vacancy isn't unusual, but it depends on the market, price of the home, quality, amenities, job market, and 17 other factors.

If you assign a percentage, then an unusually high usage by one tenant gets billed to the others.One thing to keep in mind is that if people aren't directly paying for water, they have no incentive to "conserve".

Ive found myself in quite an unusual situation. thankful for any light shed onto it,Eric

This is somewhat unusual although I have heard in some parts of the world it is actually sinful to charge interest.

I also have a lower income 20 unit property in South Bend, Indiana.

The rep said this was very unusual.