Listed expenses are as follows:maintenance - laborpesthvac repairslandscapingplumbing repairselectricwater/sewer/trash - grouped together just like thatprop mgmt at 10% of grossactual insuranceactual taxes_______@Donald Shaver I claim a shoddy operation because the p&L appears copy and pasted and the owner is out of town.

A friend's parents own a triplex in the same town, and they said their water bill is $150/month, so I'm assuming $100/month for this duplex.

A friend's parents own a triplex in the same town, and they said their water bill is $150/month, so I'm assuming $100/month for this duplex.

I'm most interested in exploring what I can do with letters, to start.

However, the downside is that you don’t have the incentives aligned with your representative in the transaction and may not help you get the best price.I’d like to explore this option at some point, but as a newer investor I don’t have the expertise just yet.

Its hard to manage rental properties remotely, hence I prefer investing in my current home town of Austin.

It seems as though the acquisition teams for some SFR REITs are buying literally everything on the market in many newer neighborhoods in my town, then renovating and dumping them on the rental market.

Nice to meet someone in a similar situation (currently househacking, recovering ex-consultant, also hoping to quit the 9-5 at some point in the near-ish future, and looking for properties in similar parts of town).

I love the town, but that market is ridiculously expensive- IMO it is insanely overinflated right now and when it crashes it will be a blood bath.

I have come across a 5 unit apartment complex in a college town  off the market currently.