I'm not sure if prices have hit their lowest point yet, but they have come down a lot from when they were very high last year.Thanks for the help in advance.Isn't it really about the time value of money and opportunity costs?

Based on our understanding the SHA can cover that cost, and it'd be a benefit to the tenant since they've had issues covering utility costs in a timely manner in the past.Our questions:- Can anyone else that works with the SHA confirm they let roperty owners include a flat rate utility charge as being covered?

You may need permits for plumbing, electrical, and structural changes.A HELOC can be a flexible and cost-effective way to access funds for a down payment on another property. 

Better software will give you the option of charging the Tenant for those ACH fees, but I personally eat the cost of them.

Cost alone not being my biggest consideration.

So, check into that as that may be an additional hard cost you need to factor in.

Reality of it is if you want to profit typically you need to make a business out of it and only approx 5% of people are actually cut out for handling the operations of a business - this is why you see so many so called “tire kickers” but most of the gurus don’t care and they know right from the start 99% of the time which trainees have a chance to succeed or not but that doesn’t stop them from taking peoples $.

I'm a construction cost estimator building my real estate network, and want to offer my experience to the BP forums.I've spent 3 years in residential estimating and 5 years in commercial estimating.

You've listed what you can get in increased rent, but what would it cost you? 

When I ran my numbers I found the ARVs to be inflated and renovation costs underestimated.