The other 47.2% goes against the sch E reporting where there is no cap. 

I regularly receive text, emails and paper mail, even people knocking on my door from my "utility company" and it's a dead ringer for their letterhead sometimes even, but fake nonetheless.And to be clear is it for sewer lateral (waste line) replacement or the incoming service line of clean water to your rental?

YesI am a vet myself although I now have 10 years or so of Schedule E income, but have done tons of research on VA's.  

It essentially goes like this:Find a house (MLS, cold calling, direct mail, etc)Offer on the house (take into consideration who you're going to be selling this to.

I've received mail (scanned), received a check (mobile deposit), etc.

There's a ton of good books on this to help get you in the right mindset - E-Myth, 4hr Workweek, The One Thing, The Power of Habit to name a few. 

That one unit owner has been acting as the president, vice president, treasurer, secretary the entire time and is the one everyone mails the HOA checks to. 

A realtor told me that New York City would charge a higher property tax on an investment property and suggested that I change my mailing address for tax bills from my primary residence to my investment property in order to save tax.

E-mail and hard copy.

Report the property as multiple schedule E entries in TurboTax, unit 1 where you lived part of the year and then unit 2 or 2/3/4 for the 100% rented part.